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Originally Posted by cdc3rd

Here's an interesting article: This Doctor says that second hand smoke does not kill, complete with references.
The Myth of Second Hand Smoke

Pen and Teller even did an episode on second hand smoke:
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"Not one study, anywhere, offers conclusive proof that breathing in second hand smoke causes cancer. Not one."
(Link to the EPA study claiming that second hand smoke is a carcinogen that was debunked: In a Nutshell:* Judge Osteen's July 17, 1998 Ruling)

Here's a WebMD article:

Secondhand Smoke Study Raises Ire

Here's a study from 1998:

http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/r...90/19/1440.pdf

Here's someone's analysis of many articles: Secondhand Smoke Studies: The Hype and The Deceit


I've never smoked in my life and I never will. I do not like the smell of smoke. I do not like being around smoke.
Still, I have no right to tell people they can not smoke. If I do not like the smoke in a place, I will not go there.

We have no right to stick a gun in a bar owner's face and tell them that they are not allowed to have people smoke in their business.

Just be honest. If you do not like second hand smoke, just say so. You do not have to blindly believe that it is giving you cancer so you get to tell other people what to do. I'd rather that no one smoked, but it's not up to me. We live in a free country and I do not have the right to demand other people stop doing something just because I do not like it, and neither do you.

Great post man. I've been a smoker on and off for almost 20 years now and I have no right to tell someone else what to do. Neither does anyone else. Why not ban alcohol. Alcohol is worse than pot all day and it's legal for consumption. When have you ever heard of a guy smoking a joint then beating his wife because the meatloaf was cold? Booze has been at the forefront of domestic abuse and drunk driving deaths and other serious medical conditions. It hurts more innocent non users than smoking tobacco or pot ever has. I'm not for banning any of these substances but if they were to make any of them illegal, booze should be at the top of the list. At least smokers only harm themselves.