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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:56 AM Original message |
Surgeon general: No safe level of secondhand smoke |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. . |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. We have a surgeon general? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Tell me about it..... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. and I think he just stepped on his dick |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. That, and it stinks too. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. "young children who can't escape their parents' addiction..." |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. This is true, but how intrusive do we want government to be? |
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JesterCS (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I believe |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. Very intrusive, if parents are poisoning their kids. I suffered from this |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. The government should have that right if the safety of minors |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. kick |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. hmmm.... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. Duh. This is new news? nt |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. To quite a few people, yes |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I can't wait for the tobacco industry funded research to get posted here. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Yeah, actually |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. No safe level of Auto exhaust either |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. KIds aren't forced to sit in front of a car's exhaust in their living room |
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WilmywoodNCparalegal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Here in NYC smokers are very inconsiderate |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. It's not pure inconsideration |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. try not planting yourself downwind of them? |
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Kittycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. I would be offended! Kill yourself, not me! |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Interesting that this is the only environmental issue taken seriously... |
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LifeDuringWartime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 10:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. baby steps? |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. I wish they'd make tobacco a prescription-only drug and be done with it. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Who'd prescribe it? Undertakers? nt |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Think methadone. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
45. I agree -- read Kessler's book about tobacco |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. This news will probably clinch the coming demise of |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
18. Cue the irrelevant comparisons ......3,2,1...... bla, bla bla drinking... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
20. my county has just banned smoking in all public parks . . . |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 06:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
46. Why? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
22. Why does anyone smoke at all anymore? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I don't get it either |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. It never appealed to me. And it killed my dad (lung cancer). nt |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
24. Surgeon general: No safe level of SUV emissions exposure (n/t) |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. Outlaw tobacco; substitute nicotine patches and gum instead for the |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. David Kessler's book "A Question of Intent" talks about that n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. Cigarette tax should help pay for subisdizing of patches/gum. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
48. A month is great! Keep at it! |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-27-06 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. It is so touching to see |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
32. OK, I'll bite... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. Do I smell a new wedge issue for the repugs? nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. cigarettes per se are not addictive, it's nicotine that's addictive |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Good point n/t |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
37. this is so stupid... |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Note that the report says that second-hand smoke causes |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. but... |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I imagine the CDC statisticians know what they're doing. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. *yawn* |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. It's not bull |
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SnowGoose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. And what the CNN article doesn't even mention: |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. What gets me is this surgeon general |
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wordpix2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-28-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
54. how about secondhand diesel emissions from trucks? Cancer vehicles |
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