Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 05:33pm)

You should move because you're the one who suffers from a minor inconvenience that causes no harm. The alternative is to politely ask them to move. 

I believe what many here are getting at, is the idea that there are civil ways of handling such a benign situation instead of imposing rules via the government.  Second hand smoke is bad for you over a period of time. The few seconds it takes to realize that someone is annoying you with a puff of smoke causes no harm, and the solution to the situation takes no effort.

Unless smoking becomes so prevalent that it cannot be avoided, your argument is invalid.

This is just another unnecessary law that appeals to base emotion and distaste for smoking instead of rational thought.

Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 07:33pm)

You should move because you're the one who suffers from a minor inconvenience that causes no harm. The alternative is to politely ask them to move. 

I believe what many here are getting at, is the idea that there are civil ways of handling such a benign situation instead of imposing rules via the government.  Second hand smoke is bad for you over a period of time. The few seconds it takes to realize that someone is annoying you with a puff of smoke causes no harm, and the solution to the situation takes no effort.

Unless smoking becomes so prevalent that it cannot be avoided, your argument is invalid.

This is just another unnecessary law that appeals to base emotion and distaste for smoking instead of rational thought.

Quote (Cobblestone @ Feb 3 2011 05:39pm)

# Tobacco smoke has been categorized as a class A carcinogen, positioning it alongside asbestos and arsenic.
# Inhaling smoke coming from other people’s gigarettes can lead to irritation of the eye, headache, cough, sore throat, dizziness and nausea.
# An exposure of merely thirty minutes to cigarette smoke exhaled by other people is considered adequate to diminish the blood flow through the heart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passivesmoking#Risklevel

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I don't know where you live but no natter where I went before the smoking bans there were junkies smokers everywhere. A single run in with SHS is not going to kill you but repeated exposure very well would. Especially the unfiltered burning of a cigarette which is the most unhealthy and irritating(as in causing an allergic reaction) to people with respiratory problems. Also you try asking a smoker to move and see how many of them ignore you or worse.

Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 05:45pm)

Thank you for that.  So according to this, you have to be exposed to second-hand smoke for THIRTY MINUTES to notice a relatively immediate negative impact on health.

The solution?  Move before that thirty minutes is up.  Done.

Quote (TeH SaNdMaN @ Feb 4 2011 12:46am)

Fixed.

Takes all of 2-3 seconds for me to have an Asthma attack.

Quote (TeH SaNdMaN @ Feb 3 2011 05:46pm)

Fixed.

Takes all of 2-3 seconds for me to have an Asthma attack.

Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 05:52pm)

Then ban everything that causes an Asthma attack.  Everywhere.  Why ban one cause only in a specific area?  Or maybe take some personal responsibility.

Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 07:45pm)

Thank you for that.  So according to this, you have to be exposed to second-hand smoke for THIRTY MINUTES to notice a negative impact on health.

The solution?  Move before that thirty minutes is up.  Done.



If you have two legs you can avoid second-hand smoke.  People with two wheels can avoid it as well.  Anyone else is questionable.

Quote (TacoBell @ Feb 3 2011 07:52pm)

Then ban everything that causes an Asthma attack.  Everywhere.  Why ban one cause only in a specific area?  Or maybe take some personal responsibility.