San Rafael Smoking Ban, Strictest In The Nation, Goes Into Effect

[JDPriestly]

116. Here are the stats that I found on estimated deaths from auto pollution.

According to new research from MIT, in 2005 air pollution accounted for a staggering 200,000 premature deaths in the United States, more than 58,000 of which can be attributed to vehicle emissions. Air pollution-related mortality shortened the average victim’s lifespan by 12 years, the study estimates.

http://dc.streetsblog.org/2013/10/22/mit-study-vehicle-emissions-cause-58000-premature-deaths-yearly-in-u-s/

There are more deaths from auto emissions.

What the article did not analyze was how many of the individuals whose deaths were attributed to auto emissions also smoked.

In this day of ubiquitous auto emissions that an individual cannot single-handedly avoid, considering the statistics, only a fool would smoke.

Smokers, you can't avoid auto emissions, but you can avoid tobacco smoke. See your doctor to get help quitting your addiction to tobacco. For your own sake and that of your family.

Just last weekend, a friend of mine who has insisted on smoking and argued that it isn't really cigarettes that cause cancer announced that she has breast cancer. I don't think that smoking caused her cancer. At least the statistics don't show that. But I think that the smoking did not help prevent her cancer. Smoking and alcohol are both incompatible with a really healthy lifestyle. Both addictions/habits weaken your body. They also take a lot of your focus and time away from healthier things you could be doing.

If you don't smoke, don't start.

When I was a teenager, all my friends smoked. I wanted to sing and knew that smoking would hurt my voice, so I did not smoke. Now the older I get that happier I am that I never started. Don't start smoking. It is a waste of money, time and can ruin your health. What do you get out of it? Nothing.

Your smoking will help the CEOs of the tobacco companies. They will profit from your poverty and poor health. If I smoked, I would be very poor. I simply could not afford that addiction. Most people have better things to do with their money than to buy cigarettes, cigars and other forms of tobacco.

Also, don't live in big urban areas. That's where the auto and other pollution is at its worst. Especially avoid living near a freeway.