Quote (Massous24 @ Jan 15 2011 11:52am)

I dont really smoke, was just hinting out that I dont really care about the subject.

Im writing a paper on why cigerette smoking should NOT be prohibited, and i needed to argue the facts against you to get some ideas...


If i simply asked for it, you would all say NO DO UR OWN HW.

Quote (Santara @ Jan 15 2011 10:57am)

Simple.

Smoking bans violate the 1st amendment right to freely associate combined with the 14th amendment equal protection clause because (we assume anti-smokers concede that people can smoke in their own homes) I can smoke in my own home if I so choose, but that same right is denied to the bar owner.

Quote (Massous24 @ Jan 15 2011 12:34pm)

Free will?

I can not do things I want to, that are perfectly legal and allowed for me to do, because I do not wish to harm my body by breathing in second hand smoke.

I can not go to a bar and have a good time with friends because of second hand smoke.

I can not walk down a city block because of second hand smoke.

I can not go to work because of second hand smoke.

This all affects my free will and it violates my rights that you are smoking in public.

You are commiting a hazardous act by releasing 4000 chemicals into the air which i breathe.

Sidestream second hand smoke is even worse then smoking cause theres no filter.

If i wanted to smoke, then I would...
I dont need to do it cause you are doing it too.

Quote (Dr_Lecter @ 15 Jan 2011 20:57)

There's plenty of smoke free bars.


Food for thought. There's more than 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffee, and only 22 of them have been tested for cancerous properties.

Quote (Dr_Lecter @ Jan 15 2011 01:57pm)

There's plenty of smoke free bars.


Food for thought. There's more than 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffee, and only 22 of them have been tested for cancerous properties.

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Over 1,000 chemicals have been reported in roasted coffee, and 19 are known rodent carcinogens;[36] however, most substances cited as rodent carcinogens occur naturally and should not be assumed to be carcinogenic in humans at exposure levels typically experienced in day-to-day life.[36]

Quote (AF_bear @ Jan 15 2011 03:44pm)

you drive to work? you probably inhaled somebody's engine exhaust thats more "dangerous" AKA damaging to your health...


judging by the millions of people that drink it... i doubt there is much harm that can come from coffee in moderation (though jitters are annoying and high blood pressure could be dangerous to somebody at risk for a heart attack)

Quote (Dr_Lecter @ Jan 15 2011 12:45am)

Second hand smoke is no harmful than taking a walk in a crowded, polluted city. People drive cars all the fucking time and you never hear these non smoking advocates bitching about that.

Yeah, second hand smoke might have a lasting impact on you if you ingest the cigarette butts after the smoker is done with his cigarette.

Quote (Dr_Lecter @ Jan 13 2011 03:41am)

Boo fucking hoo. I personally don't drive a car and I think that anyone who does should be shot for polluting the air that I breathe. And there are roads fucking everywhere.

Quote (Toothfariy @ Jan 15 2011 03:51pm)

There should not be any arguement as to the safety to cigarettes; or even the state of their legal status, at least as it stands now. It makes no sense

If i went outside and had this bottle full of carsonogenic chemicals and started spraying it all over the place in the streets etc; i would probably be arrested, fined etc. But its okay when its cigarettes?

Quote (ChantDownBabylon @ Jan 15 2011 03:52pm)