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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:55 PM Original message |
CDC Predicts Smoking Bans in Every State by 2020 |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Great. Long overdue for many states, though. nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good. |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Casinos are the last bastion of smoking. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. And that's why as a Nevada resident I won't go in a casino. n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. And that is why as a non-Nevada resident I go to Nevada casinos. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. The time will come when you won't be able to smoke in casinos in Nevada. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. You may hope that but it will never happen. |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Smokers are "happy and relaxed" |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
91. Dream on. I feel great. Don't you just hate it when others are enjoying themselves? |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:04 AM Response to Reply #91 |
124. You don't feel great. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:36 AM Response to Reply #46 |
54. More tips or being barraged by cancer causing second hand smoke daily. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
92. Second hand smoke is the biggest myth of the last 100 years. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #92 |
103. Go look at the science, it isn't a myth. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. You look at the science. I doubt you have. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
141. I have never smoked but I have to agree with you.... |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #108 |
144. One correlation study such as that isn't how we determine the effects of second |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #46 |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
97. And that's why, as the operator of casinos in Nevada, I like tobacco. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. And the police state marches on... |
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kurtzapril4 (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yep. n/t |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The smoking ban in Minnesota facilitated my quitting smoking. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Good for you... what I don't understand is how you feel enttitled |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Really, how DARE anyone feel SO entitled to force others to not commit murder! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. False analogy. I am a live human and you are killing me with your smoke. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. Exactly. Thank you. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. self delete |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
78. How do you feel entitled to force your poison upon the general public? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Is it extremism to want to protect innocent bystanders from second hand smoke? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Travis_0004 (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. What innocent bystanander? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Tell that to the unemployed person who can't work in that bar. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
58. Travis |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Really? Protecting non-smokers is 'extremism?' |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, it is... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Please PM me your address. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Spoken like an extremist |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. It is just as wrong for you to inflict your smoke on others. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You are an extremist imposing your will on others. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. It is extremism to not let you hurt me? Thanks for making your position so clear. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The only dangers to you are the ones you imgine |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. My asthma is from second hand smoke. Extremists never think their views are extreme. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. The dangers from second hand smoke are not "Imagined" they are real and you subject EVERYONE |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. Projecting much? Ever notice how when someone say "It is just that simple" it is never that simple. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
112. we are all a part of society. and no one group has a right to reign over another group. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #112 |
145. No one is advocating a total ban, just a PUBLIC BAN. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
59. "you are inflicting your will on another group of people. " |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
113. You seem to find humor in doing so... interesting. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. My gay marriage doesn't give you lung cancer. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Neither does second-hand smoke |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Thats the point, bars, casinos, restaurants. |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #53 |
118. How about just having a separate smoking casino? |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #118 |
143. With the economy the way it is, do you really think it is going to be that way? |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Those are some really bad comparisons |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Complete non-sense |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Do you deny climate change as well? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #36 |
89. Well, |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. You do not believe second hand smoke has any physical impact on anyone? |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #22 |
67. no rational thought |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. I remember all those people dead from secondhand abortions and gay marriages. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yes, hyperbole is the extremist fail safe |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. You bring out "police state" and accuse me of hyperbole? |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. ixion |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:09 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Therein lies the rub |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. imagination? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #66 |
83. what you have is phobia similar to a germaphobe |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #83 |
105. Under your logic telling people not to take shits on streets and in bars is germaphobic. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. And there are bathrooms in restaurants and bars and airports and malls and offices |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Many smokers, in an enclosed space, with recirculating air, over years |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Reasonable Accomodation was tossed long ago |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #80 |
82. And what reasonable accomadation is there |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. False analagy |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
122. At what point does point does arsenic in the water become an issue? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #74 |
85. Total Bans are not 'reasonable' in the least |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #85 |
101. No one is saying ban all smoking, that is idiotic. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #101 |
111. public is any common area. That is a defacto total ban. |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
100. How bout at a resturant at a table right next to me? Or an employee in a smoke filled bar. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #100 |
127. As someone who worked in a smoky bar all through college |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
72. This isn't really the defnition of a police state |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #72 |
86. Well, yeah, it is actually |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #86 |
96. It's not about control |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #96 |
115. No, "public health" is the ruse |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Right because smokers were picked at random and their habits have absolutely |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:55 AM Response to Reply #121 |
125. No, they were picked because they're an easy, visible target |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. BS second hand smoke is a public health hazard |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #128 |
133. No, that is anti-smoking propaganda touted as fact. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Does smoking cause cancer? |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 09:55 AM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Yep, just like blacks and homosexuals and ethnic jews |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #129 |
134. Your wealth of ignorance is astounding |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Right right |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
142. Nasty old police state -- protecting us against |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Democracy on overdrive |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Nope, just feed your habit at home. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Smoking bans will be reversed eventually . |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. But think of all the money government would save from health care costs. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. $70.7 Billion in 2010. The average annual household share was $619. |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Non smokers die too! And they cost a hell of a lot of money when they do. |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
93. I'm not trying to make any "case". |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. So people should be allowed to enjoy themselves even if such enjoyment costs the taxpayers billions? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. By your logic the rich should be allowed to smoke but not the poor. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
104. It's just a fact of life that the rich will always have it better than everyone else. It is the |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
106. Drinking is a health risk and you can drink it almost everywhere. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. The difference is that second hand exposure to alcohol won't make children sick unless |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. The UCLA School of Public Health showed seond hand smoke |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
110. That's just one study and you are taking it out of context. I would point you |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. No I didn't take anything out of context if you bothered to read it. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. former9thward |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. because non-smokers don't get sick, get old & die? because non-smokers all die instantly |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. I very much doubt that. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
99. Some non-M.D. in the first thread told me that lie. |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
60. For all the smokers out there who insist that second hand smoke is harmless, |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. "There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke" is a false statement |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Anti-smoking zealots live on false statements |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. stockholmer |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I believe the stock response is: |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #77 |
88. epiphany |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #88 |
132. Yeah |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
75. As I said; I will choose uncounted scientific studies and medical professionals |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. No, it means that at every exposure there is a chance of developing cancer |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #76 |
79. following this logical line, every single activity in one's life is unsafe |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. What other activity is as dangerous as smoking that: |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #81 |
87. I guessed you missed the word 'balance' in my post, plus, driving meets your requirments |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
98. No it doesn't |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
65. Good, get them smokers |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. how's that 'war on drugs' thing working out for you? |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. stockholmer |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I was responding to the poster advocating making tobacco as illegal as crystal meth |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
116. Double Plus Good, Citizen! |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
90. While coal plants cause air quality alerts and radiation encircles the globe |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #90 |
102. Smokers arguement=I'm better than a coal plant? n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #102 |
117. a coal plant, or any other of the number of chemicals you breathe on a daily basis |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #117 |
131. Machinery is a necessary element of modern human civilization. |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
120. As a smoker I'm conflicted about this. I have no problem with my workplace |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
123. So, what do we tax now that people have quit smoking? What's the new model? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. They'll find some other sub-group to demonize and exploit |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #126 |
130. There, there. You'll be alright. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #130 |
138. Well not yet |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. Addiction tends to cloud one's judgment. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #126 |
137. I think we should tax drunk drivers |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
140. I'm ALLERGIC to tobacco, and thus cigarette smoke, |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #140 |
146. I'm sure someone will come in here and berate you that people should have the right to burn tomatoes |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
147. Ah, nothing like a good smoking thread on D.U. |
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