NONSENSE! You call my article dated? The EPA report you write about is from 1992! and is only a survey that covers other reports! That 3,000 deaths number is fictitious nonsense, the EPA report even admits it! That the number gets repeated in every EPA and anti-smoking bulletin does not make it true.
The World Health Organization did a study in 1998 that:
"CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate no association between childhood exposure to ETS and lung cancer risk. We did find weak evidence of a dose-response relationship between risk of lung cancer and exposure to spousal and workplace ETS. There was no detectable risk after cessation of exposure."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...&dopt=Abstract
If you have a more current source for your numbers that don't rely on the bullshit EPA study, link to them here. Otherwise, cut that crap out!
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If some level of exposure is bad no matter how extreme, than none is the best, right?
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Then dude, you might as well put that kid in a plastic bubble and prevent him/her from breathing any of the air around us or eating any food.
Everybody does some activity that annoys somebody else. You have no right to be free from annoyances in public places. You have a right not to be killed in public, that's true, but until you can demonstrate a substantial link between an activity and some measurable harm to others the activity should be allowed.
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You will not die if you can't smoke in public.
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That's true. And black people won't die if they have to use a separate water fountain and sit at the back of the bus. But not dying is not a sufficient reason to outlaw an activity.
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I just want to hear one smoker admit that smoking is a filthy habit, and that forcing everyone else to smoke along with you-because you went and got yourself addicted- is a fundamentally selfish act.
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Look no further, smoking is a filthy habit that is fundamentally selfish. But:
1. Smoking is cool. If you claim it's not, it's because you're not cool. It's also relaxing and enjoyable. The coolness, relaxingness and enjoyableness outweigh the smell for those of us who smoke.
2. Are you telling me that you have no selfish activities? Do you have cable television? Why aren't you putting that money to good use by saving the poor children in Africa who die from lack of food instead of watching the food channel while eating a whole Turkey for Christmas?
Pick a reason for the banning of smoking and stick with it. Every reason you present can be shot down, one at at time.