Surgeon General's report on secondhand smoke

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13569976/

Saw this tonight on NBC Nightly News. There's no longer a debate, the SG says, secondhand smoke leads to greater risks of cancer and heart disease.

The hope was that perhaps this would lead to more smoking bans. And for those folks that say a smoking ban will kill business: bar/restaurant business in NYC is up 8 percent since the ban went into effect there.

 

Next thing you know, they'll be saying red meat is bad for ya!

 

Last time we had a smoking ban thread, Dude, a handful of posters tried to say that all studies that secondhand smoke was harmful were complete bullshit. If they still say so, I'd submit they're not willing to understand logic.

 

An Inconvenient Plume


GOP is debunking it as we speak. Saya the lord works in mysterious ways.

 

The dangers of secondhand smoke and global warming are based on junk science, but intelligent design should be taught in every school.
Am I a good conservative or what?

 

How is the intake of secondhand smoke differentiated from other noxious gases such as automobile emissions? I still have yet to see that mentioned in any discussion of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

 

This is just another plot by Karl Rove to get the non-smoking vote. Don't you know that the sugeon General is just another of Bush's paid lackeys?

 

My favorite quote from All in the Family:

Archie: This whole anti-smoking thing is a product of big business.
Meathead: Which big business, Arch?
Archie: The people who make the "No Smoking" signs.

 

I've seen some towns where smoking is banned inside restaurants and bars, so the owners just added outdoor sections, which effectively gave them like 50 percent more room. No wonder business is up.

 

Are you being a smartass or just living up to your handle?

 

There already seems to be ample proof of that on this board ...

 

Ample proof.