tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post114204445567836356..comments2023-08-09T09:44:13.292-04:00Comments on Reality by Evidence: Ban Smoking StatewideJerry Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1146185605128541682006-04-27T20:53:00.000-04:002006-04-27T20:53:00.000-04:00You don't understand a representative democracy ve...You don't understand a representative democracy very well. The people who voted for the ban, whether they smoke or not, were elected to make such decisions. You can't ask the general public for their approval on every law passed. If you disagree with the law, then don't vote for those representatives next time.Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1142140026084426712006-03-12T00:07:00.000-05:002006-03-12T00:07:00.000-05:00As I'm sure you're aware, the dangers of smoking a...As I'm sure you're aware, the dangers of smoking are heavily dose-dependent. A report commissioned by the US aviation authorities ahead of their own smoking bans concluded that one hour's close-proximity exposure to ETS results in a toxin-inhalation equivalent to 0.00002 of one cigarette. This kind of doseage, even extrapolated over a lifetime, poses no quantifiable risk to public health, and Ade Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167710264665141715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1142111628888547842006-03-11T16:13:00.000-05:002006-03-11T16:13:00.000-05:00I don't understand why anyone who accepts that smo...I don't understand why anyone who accepts that smoking is dangerous to the smoker (which I assume you do), could argue that secondhand smoke is any less dangerous. It's not even filtered.<BR/><BR/>I have 2 major reasons why I believe restaurants should not permit smoking, even if you throw out the claim that secondhand smoke is dangerous.<BR/><BR/>1st - Even if it isn't dangerous, it is very Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1142109191160479342006-03-11T15:33:00.000-05:002006-03-11T15:33:00.000-05:00Jerry,If ciggy smoke is annoying to you, you have ...Jerry,<BR/><BR/>If ciggy smoke is annoying to you, you have the choice available to move away from it and use only non-smoking restaurants/bars etc., of which there is no shortage. But you haven't answered as to why you feel the right to take other peoples' choices away from them.<BR/><BR/>The forthcoming UK smoking bans, which I am campaigning against, will see hundreds of years' tradition come Ade Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167710264665141715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1142088663230356952006-03-11T09:51:00.000-05:002006-03-11T09:51:00.000-05:00Even if I granted the assertion that passive smoki...Even if I granted the assertion that passive smoking isn't harmful (which I don't), secondhand smoke still is very much an annoyance for nonsmokers. If smoking produced no smoke or other foul-smelling gaseous emissions, I wouldn't care, but I can't stand to be in a room with cigarette smoke. Not to mention, it is upsetting to asthmatics. Face it, whether secondhand smoke causes cancer or not, it Jerry Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05466226925773904805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325967.post-1142087862774157212006-03-11T09:37:00.000-05:002006-03-11T09:37:00.000-05:00"Until a couple of weeks ago, the question I was a..."Until a couple of weeks ago, the question I was asked almost every time I ate out was, “Do you want smoking or non-smoking?” What a relief it is not to have to answer that question anymore."<BR/><BR/>How fortunate for you. But what gives your side of the argument the right to take that choice away from everyone?<BR/><BR/>I do not share your assertion that passive smoking is harmful. The evidenceAde Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167710264665141715noreply@blogger.com