Surgeon General: Second hand smoke causes Cancer. Would you support a nationwide public smoking ban?

Question:

The Associated Press announced that the U.S. Surgeon General has reviewed years of scientific study and found that second hand cigarette smoke does indeed cause cancer. It is expected that the U.S. Government will review the findings and consider passing federal law(s) to ban smoking in all public places.
Would you be in favor of such a ban?

Answers:
Yes, I would be in favor of it, with one request. Stop putting more taxes on cigarettes. You want to control where I can smoke, but you don't hesitate to impose more taxes on me. You can't have it both ways. If you want us to pay the taxes on them, don't tell me what I can do with them after I buy them. Better yet, ban cigarettes all together. Wait - you can't - too much tax money lost. A real conundrum isn't it? Money or public health?

Other Answers:
Yes I would!

Sounds like a great idea to me. Except in bars/pubs, yes. If you go to a bar, smoking's part of it. I mean, what's your problem going to be? "Look, bartender, I'm trying to get drunk, drive home and have sex with some girl I've never met before, and this guy's smoke is driving me crazy!"

Sorry, but in bars there are no laws. Outside of bars, I don't think smoking should be allowed (except in sealed off rooms. we have one where I work, it's a room with a vent that keeps the smoke from escaping to any other room, the room is sealed off, and there have been no problems in the 14 years the place of business has had it.).

Yes!

Consider the following:

SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) risk is doubled if child is exposed to second-hand smoke.

2.2 million chilidhood ear infections can be attributed to passive smoke.

Up to 529,000 asthma cases are attributed to second-hand smoking.

At least 50, 000 deaths from cancer caused by passive (second-hand) smoking take place each year.

Since there are 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke (at least 43 of which are know carcinogens-cancer causing agents), and these include formaldehyde, ammonia, and carbon monoxide, it's no wonder that we're seeing effects! What is a wonder is that we haven't done something about it before.

The bottom line is: If smokers wish to smoke, they should not endanger the health of those around them by it. And in public place, to have "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections is like have "chlorine" and "non-chlorine" ends of a pool.

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