Smoking ban in Philadelphia approved

[Cerevant]

You know, Cerevant, you are absolutely right.  HOA's can set up all the stupid farging rules they want.

[rjs246]

Interesting article in Time.

Smokers are much more likely to develop lung cancer than nonsmokers — that has been a scientific truism for decades. But what about the 80% of smokers who don't develop lung cancer? Are they just the lucky ones? A trio of new studies suggests that the explanation for why they escape the disease may lie partly in their genes.

I had no idea that 4 out of 5 smokers never get lung cancer. Based on the hoopla, you'd think smokers were nailing their coffins shut, period. Apparently not.

[ice grillin you]

thats just lung cancer but smoking can kill you other ways...emphysema...tumors...throat cancer...heart disease...stroke...ect...

when you smoke deadly carcinogens are going into your whole body not just your lungs

[rjs246]

Stroking out is hardly even a health issue these days. I had one last year and I'm strong like bull.

[ice grillin you]

pretty sure that was the shakes

[Sgt PSN]

I still try and stroke out atleast thrice daily.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

There are some places you shouldn't smoke.



Agh!  Skip x Infinity.

[Diomedes]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/01/AR2008080103027.html?nav=rss_metro

First, smokers had to move outside the building. Then it was 25 feet from the building entrance. Now it has come to this: Starting today, Montgomery College is banning tobacco anywhere on campus -- inside or outside.

The community college is one of a growing number of campuses nationwide taking a hard line on tobacco, signaling a broader cultural shift. No more professors lighting up pipes in their offices, no cigarettes sold in stores, no students chewing tobacco while watching football games.

Reactions from smokers ranged from stunned to furious -- and often unprintable.

"Outside?" gasped Isaac Kim, who's about to start pre-pharmacy classes at the Silver Spring/Takoma Park campus. "Do they have the right to do that?"

But many were delighted when they saw banners trumpeting the rule, which they view as a sign of the positive influence that colleges can have in protecting students and employees from exposure to smoke, promoting healthier habits and encouraging the downward trend in the numbers of young smokers.

"I think it's great," said Monica Brown, a nursing student from Silver Spring. "I don't like the way smoke gets in my hair and my clothes. And I worry about the health risk."

More than 130 campuses nationwide have gone smoke-free, most commonly medical schools and community colleges, reports the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation.

more story at link



I think I'm going to start smoking again.

[rjs246]

This thread bump means that I will have at least 2 butts tomorrow.

[Wingspan]

it's been about 15 months since i've had a cig

[Diomedes]

we're being turned into women

[ice grillin you]

at least yous smell good

[Diomedes]

[Cerevant]

For the record, I think banning chew is going too far - it doesn't hurt/bother anyone else.  You want to put that nasty shtein in your mouth?  Go for it.  Just spit in a cup or something, k?

[NGM]

For the record, I think banning chew is going too far - it doesn't hurt/bother anyone else.  You want to put that nasty shtein in your mouth?  Go for it.  Just spit in a cup or something, k?

Respectfully disagree Cerevant.  Even though I am someone who occasionally dips, watching someone do that at the bar, and then leave their spitter on the bar is farging disgusting.  I hate cleaning it up, furthermore customers often complain about having to see that shtein when they eat.