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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-15-08 11:35 PM Original message |
San Francisco plan would snuff out smoking even further |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. ...and attaching a "nicotine collar" to every San Frasiscan that would detonate |
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drmeow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. AMEN |
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merwin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Some of them I agree with, like the ban of smoking in lines, and places where |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The banning in tobacco shops is the one that always baffled me |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. the new smoking ban here in holland bans smoking in "coffee shops" |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. That one makes absolutely no sense at all |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
20. It's our National Placebo Issue. |
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JesterCS (627 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. damn your sig picture =p |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. If you had family with lung disease, you would not want smoking in farmer's markets &dining areas |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. I live in Toronto, Ontario ... |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. I'd say homeopathics are far worse |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Indeed! Homeopathy quackery KILLS. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm an occasional smoker and I'm all for these laws. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Actually, smokers die sooner so they don't burden the health system |
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Sodbuster (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Damn those do- gooders that lead a healthy lifestyle costing the "system" too |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Not all of them. Many suffer from emphysema and other problems before they die, and they |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Amen. Hope you can quit someday. I quit smoking back in 1981;Best thing I ever did. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. The tourists will never stand for it |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. what amuses me is ... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. of course smoking bans have reduced pollution exposure |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. As a non-smoker, and a virulent anti-smoker this is too much |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
16. Good. One step closer to a smoke free country. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. I guess I'm a bit of a rarity, a lifetime non smoker who isn't much bothered by tobacco smoke |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
19. banned in tobacco shops??? |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. If nothing else, the show is fun |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
22. Wha? Is Canada part of the United States now? |
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JMackT (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. One step closer... |
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tidy_bowl (249 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
25. To paraphrase Sinclair Lewis..... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. Lord, I'm glad I quit smoking - |
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Contradistinction (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
28. Darn |
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ForPeace (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. That remark is sooo 20th century. |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. Speaking of snuff... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. we already ignore most vice laws here, what's another "blue law"? |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. Good move for a tourist oriented city like SF. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-16-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Where the ban protects non-smokers from being forced to inhale cancer, I support it. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Why not air quality standards for nonsmoking areas instead? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-17-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
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