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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Correct. He DOES however speak for the 82% of Canadians who aren't interested in your second hand cancer cloud.
Say no to tarbars
Dude, are you friends with Flip? What's with all the smokers calling anyone who doesn't want to live in the 50's (smoke everywhere all the time) "holier than thou?"
Lots of factual arguments presented why there shouldn't be public smoking anywhere, and you dudes dismiss them as a "minor annoyance".
I love you man. Kick the habit so you can post for years to come. Join the darkside! |
"Factual arguments" that lack total common sense.
About the health care system:
The only statistic that is correct: 100% of us will die of something.
With the exception of the very few of us who will have instant and unexpected deaths, we will all cost the health care system a lot of money in our deaths. My grandma died of a smoking related stroke at 65. She was dead overnight and cost the health care system very little. My Grandfather died of liver cancer which slowly spread to other parts of his body. He suffered for 6 years before dieing in his early 80s. During that suffering he cost the health care system millions. Please explain to me how smoking costs the health care system. The only difference is that my grandfather did not contribute millions of extra tax dollars like my grandmother did when she bought cigarettes.
Just in case you missed it the first time: WE ALL DIE.
Second hand smoke:
Second hand smoke does not go through a filter, but it is dissipate into much lower concentration by the time it reaches the non-smoker. Studies have shown that if you constantly exposed to second hand smoke day after day in confined environments, there is an outside chance of an effect on your health. You smelling smoke outside has ZERO effect on your health. If it does have an effect it is considerably lower than the effect of the hundreds of thousands of people using their cars everyday in Calgary.
health of smokers
Everybody knows smoking is bad for you. Some choose to do it anyway. It's the same as drinking, eating fattening foods, or basically anything else that is fun.
Guess what we live in a society where people are free to make their own decisions.