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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
I think the difference is, outside of driving, drinking is bad for you individually. Smoking is not just bad for you, but those around you. No one has ever gotten second hand drunk.
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The effects of second-hand smoke have been vastly exaggerated, with the only link to increased cancer rates being found in
people who shared a home with a heavy smoker for 30+ years. Vaping has even less impact on non-smokers, and yet it's just as maligned. Does anyone really think if studies found no significant health risk from second-hand exposure to vaping, it would become socially acceptable?
Health advocates push the empirically dubious risks of exposure to second-hand smoke because their goal is to stop all people from smoking, period. Given the serious health consequences of drinking, they'll do the same with alcohol.
From yesterday's Guardian:
How secondhand drinking ruins lives: 'Every family has been touched by this'