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Originally Posted by Oje
I live life by my own personal experiences, not what i hear about the devil that second hand smoke is. My mother smoked while she was pregnant, i was a healthy, two week late, fat baby. My mother and father smoked growing up, in the house, in the car, wherever. My grandmother watched me while they worked, she smoked as well (for over 50 years and just passed away at 86). I have never touched a cigarette, not a single drag. I am currently 28 years old and perfectly healthy, dont have asthma, dont require any type of daily medicine, and have only been in the hospital once in my entire life for something not even possibly related.
So while you dont want your family around it for health reasons. Ive literally been around it my entire life and havent had any issues. I pretty much only dont want you to smoke if im eating. Other than that you can rubberband 10 of them things together if you want.
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For some people, smoking has little to no effect on them. Some people are just blessed with better genetics than others. I'm glad that it seems second-hand smoke has had no effect on you. But that still doesn't mean that there's not billions of dollars spent every year treating diseases caused by smoking.
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My other grandmother passed away of cirosis of the liver in her mid 90s and hadnt touched a drink since her 20s, and even then wasnt a drinker. Which leads to my question to you, ban smoking? seriously? So how would you feel if i said ban alcohol? And before you tell me like plenty of others do that someone drinking doesnt affect you think a little bit more about that first and how it could.
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I know that smoking will never be banned in this country. That law will never be passed. I was just giving my opinion.
And banning alcohol... I'd be all for it. I've never drank in my life. Thousands of people die every year from drunk drivers and I believe there are more E.R. visits from alcohol than any other drug. Of course, we both know that alcohol will never be banned in this country (again) either.