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"smokers complain about their rights"!
http://news.sky.com/s..._Beaches_And_Streets_
What about our rights, to not breath their poisons?
They've had it all their own way up to relatively recently, yet they still cannot understand why society has had enough of their disgusting filth. Why are smokers so selfish?
What about our rights, to not breath their poisons?
They've had it all their own way up to relatively recently, yet they still cannot understand why society has had enough of their disgusting filth. Why are smokers so selfish?
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If a smoker dies from smoking it is usually a slow, nasty death that costs the NHS a fortune; never mind treating the smoker's children for the recurring chest infections, asthma, glue ear and numerous other ailments that have been directly linked to passive smoking.
Or the cost of keeping a double amputee who has lost his or her legs through smoking.
In Derbyshire alone the fire service had to attend 45 house fires directly caused by cigarette smoking - in one year.
"Fires caused by smoking kill more people than any other kind of fire and account for a third of all accidental fatal fires in the home."
Or the cost of keeping a double amputee who has lost his or her legs through smoking.
In Derbyshire alone the fire service had to attend 45 house fires directly caused by cigarette smoking - in one year.
"Fires caused by smoking kill more people than any other kind of fire and account for a third of all accidental fatal fires in the home."
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No, the vast majority of drinkers drink occasionally, very often going weeks with drinking alcohol.
The vast majority of smokers can't get through a working day without needing a fag.
There are healthy limits for drinking alcohol, and alcohol does have some health benefits.
There is no healthy limit for smoking tobacco, and there is no health benefit at all.
A drinker who abuses alcohol is an alcoholic, but anyone who uses cigarettes is a smoker,
The vast majority of smokers can't get through a working day without needing a fag.
There are healthy limits for drinking alcohol, and alcohol does have some health benefits.
There is no healthy limit for smoking tobacco, and there is no health benefit at all.
A drinker who abuses alcohol is an alcoholic, but anyone who uses cigarettes is a smoker,
No one .ever had to call the police because some one had to much to smoke
No, but there are plenty of examples where the police have been called because of criminal activity related to smoking.
http://www.thisisglou...2-detail/article.html
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No, but there are plenty of examples where the police have been called because of criminal activity related to smoking.
http://www.thisisglou...2-detail/article.html
http://www.thisisglou...5-detail/article.html
You cant lash your fag ends down -my daughter got fined by a Dog Warden for this (I know)-£60 fine. I live oppo a Church building and people come out the fire escape (rather than the front of the building) and walk about and blast their reek into my open window and then lash their butts down -it looks like a tip.My OH doesnt even smoke in the house-that annoys me.
HabDabs -youve annoyed me-re your off topic remarks re Bikers.
Apart from that I think the vast majority are quite happy not to foist their habits on others.My OH has cut down drastically -said its the best thing for him -he just goes out for a few puffs then nips it-same if we're out.
HabDabs -youve annoyed me-re your off topic remarks re Bikers.
Apart from that I think the vast majority are quite happy not to foist their habits on others.My OH has cut down drastically -said its the best thing for him -he just goes out for a few puffs then nips it-same if we're out.
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hc4361 How many have left the chip pan on because of drink and started a fire. Go in any A & E on a Friday and Saturday night and see the crowds of drunks waiting for treatment.
How many times have you heard someone say i just have the odd one or two to be sociable.
They need a fix the same as a smoker.
Ban them and the smelly bikers those that think the law does not apply to them.
How many times have you heard someone say i just have the odd one or two to be sociable.
They need a fix the same as a smoker.
Ban them and the smelly bikers those that think the law does not apply to them.
I used to smoke. I stopped because it was costing me a fortune.
I know that smoking is bad for your health. I know this because study after peer reviewed study has concluded that there is a direct link between direct inhalation of cigarette smoke and lung cancer.
However, the effects of passive smoking are not so well known. They are assumed to be detrimental and treated as though they have been proved in studies; but they haven't.
I once read of a study carried out by the World Health Organisation [WHO]. It was and still is, the largest study on the effects of passive smoking ever carried out. In 1998, the WHO revealed that the link between passive smoking and lung cancer was not statistically significant (ie. it had a risk ratio of less than 2.0). Put in everyday language, you are no more likely to contract lung cancer from passive smoking than you are to be victim of burglary because you have ginger hair. There is no positive correlation.
I know that smoking is bad for your health. I know this because study after peer reviewed study has concluded that there is a direct link between direct inhalation of cigarette smoke and lung cancer.
However, the effects of passive smoking are not so well known. They are assumed to be detrimental and treated as though they have been proved in studies; but they haven't.
I once read of a study carried out by the World Health Organisation [WHO]. It was and still is, the largest study on the effects of passive smoking ever carried out. In 1998, the WHO revealed that the link between passive smoking and lung cancer was not statistically significant (ie. it had a risk ratio of less than 2.0). Put in everyday language, you are no more likely to contract lung cancer from passive smoking than you are to be victim of burglary because you have ginger hair. There is no positive correlation.
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The study was carried out over seven years in several different countries. It studied the incidences of lung cancer from four distinct categories of people..
1. Husband and wife – neither smoke.
2. Husband smokes, wife doesn't
3. Wife smokes, husband doesn't
4. Both husband and wife smoke.
One thing was absolutely clear – those who smoked had hugely increased incidences of lung cancer. Another thing was also clear - the incidence of lung cancer in the none smoking couples was the same as the none smoking partner of a smoker.
The implications of this enormous study are clear but not welcome to people who want to see smoking banned everywhere - passive smoking doesn't seem to increase your risk of lung cancer.
But let's not allow a good scientific study get in the way of self-righteous rhetoric...
The study was carried out over seven years in several different countries. It studied the incidences of lung cancer from four distinct categories of people..
1. Husband and wife – neither smoke.
2. Husband smokes, wife doesn't
3. Wife smokes, husband doesn't
4. Both husband and wife smoke.
One thing was absolutely clear – those who smoked had hugely increased incidences of lung cancer. Another thing was also clear - the incidence of lung cancer in the none smoking couples was the same as the none smoking partner of a smoker.
The implications of this enormous study are clear but not welcome to people who want to see smoking banned everywhere - passive smoking doesn't seem to increase your risk of lung cancer.
But let's not allow a good scientific study get in the way of self-righteous rhetoric...
hc4361 -
How can you imply that alcohol has such a limited affect? Alcohol related incidents are responsible for 80% of all police time and up to 6 hours every night. How much police time is taken up dealing with smoking related causes?
The cost to the NHS of treating alcohol related diseases is far more than that of treating smoking related ones. Hundreds of thousands of cases of domestic violence occur every week caused by alcohol and equal numbers of families live in misery caused by alcohol abuse. One in 13 of the population (including children) is an alcoholic. Alcohol causes more damage, violence and death that drug abuse or smoking put together. I could go on but won't bother. You'll probably ignore it.
I don't smoke but I don't drink alcohol either. I'm always amazed how many people are happy to attack smoking then leap to the defence of drinking which causes far more problems and costs far more money than smoking ever did.
How can you imply that alcohol has such a limited affect? Alcohol related incidents are responsible for 80% of all police time and up to 6 hours every night. How much police time is taken up dealing with smoking related causes?
The cost to the NHS of treating alcohol related diseases is far more than that of treating smoking related ones. Hundreds of thousands of cases of domestic violence occur every week caused by alcohol and equal numbers of families live in misery caused by alcohol abuse. One in 13 of the population (including children) is an alcoholic. Alcohol causes more damage, violence and death that drug abuse or smoking put together. I could go on but won't bother. You'll probably ignore it.
I don't smoke but I don't drink alcohol either. I'm always amazed how many people are happy to attack smoking then leap to the defence of drinking which causes far more problems and costs far more money than smoking ever did.
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