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In reply to the discussion: Just ban cigarettes already. Please. [View all]Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)47. And just to reiterate lest I get attacked...
I'm not saying smoking isn't bad.
I'm not saying it should be restricted to personal homes, cars and smoking areas (although, I doubt a couple of whiffs of smoke as you walk past a smoker will hurt you when there are thousands of cars whizzing by you).
I'm not even saying that there IS NOT a connection between smoking and lung cancer.
I'm simply pointing out that the absolute connection has not been proven.
That is all.
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What I'm saying is that the greater your exposure, the greater your chances
Major Nikon
Jan 2012
#102
By that standard driving drunk doesn't cause car crashes, shooting heroin won't kill you...
Saving Hawaii
Jan 2012
#97
Independent (non-statistical) evidence can settle whether correlation is related to causation
eridani
Jan 2012
#117
It takes very little time to induce cancer in lung cells with known carcinogens
eridani
Jan 2012
#121
wow. Do you also dispute the claim that human activity is a major contributor to climate change?
onenote
Jan 2012
#51
ok, i agree with much of what you post.. but this one is BS. look at the ass end of a filter.
dionysus
Jan 2012
#28
When you can keep that shit in your own lungs, you can smoke anywhere you want.
Zoeisright
Jan 2012
#32
why don't you pretend that it's banned, and then stop, if that's what you want?
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2012
#7
You do NOT have the "personal freedom" to blow smoke out that I have to breathe.
rustydog
Jan 2012
#54
Or you could just quit using them being "not illegal" as an excuse to keep smoking them.
99Forever
Jan 2012
#10
Suggest people ban alcohol, and the 'freedom lovers' come out, talk about banning smoking and you
The Straight Story
Jan 2012
#34
When I still smoked cigs, I only did it outside and away from other non-smokers.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#70
I don't care if you drink as long as you don't drive and kill me. I can sit next to
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#45
There is substantial scientific documentation of the fact that second hand smoke is harmful.
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#73
You are quoting notorious right winger and Fox News broadcaster John Stossel?
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#82
John Stossel was working for ABC but left there and now works for Fox. And he is a right winger.
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#104
There might be someone with an agenda here, but I don't think it's the CDC. n/t
totodeinhere
Jan 2012
#120
I switched to a high quality electronic cig over 2 years ago and have never looked back.
phleshdef
Jan 2012
#36
I smoked for 46 years, 2+ packs a day then I quit 4 years ago. Cold turkey. No patches or anything
Wistful Vista
Jan 2012
#77
The government is not, should not be, in the business of protecting you, or me, from ourselves.
Skip Intro
Jan 2012
#113
Because the first two Wars on Drugs (alcohol-1920s, cannabis-today) have gone so well......
LetTimmySmoke
Jan 2012
#115