Midknight Review -- new and revised: Second hand smoke versus the truth

Understand that I am not a smoker and think it causes death in some cases. But the argument against "second hand smoke" is one based in hysteria, not fact. Here is a fact: a one pack-a-day habit is [potentially] a 30 year death. That's why lung cancer is not a disease of the younger adult, typically.

No one will ever convince me that second hand smoke is as harmful as actually smoking a cigarette. Its a silly idea, one that should insult the intelligence of us all. Several years ago, here in California, there was an anti-smoking campaign that claimed the tobacco habit to be more addictive than cocaine. Anyone know how many cocaine addicts kick the habit? About 3%. And cigarette smokers? There are 50% few smokers, today, than 30 years ago. Some municipalities have banned smoking in their parks, not because they are tired of picking up the butts (a good reason, btw), but because of their fear of second hand smoke.

In fact, a habit of less than 7 cigs a day will not kill you before you die of old age. Actuarial charts prove this point. There used to insurance advertisements that made this very point, until government watchdogs told them to "stop" with that kind of talk.

Look, smoking is bad for your health, but why make up stuff when the truth is all that is needed?

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

2 comments:

stripmallpaulFebruary 6, 2012 at 2:45 PM
This argument reminds me a lot of the global warming argument. Regardless of whether or not global warming is caused by man the fact remains that pollution is damaging to people. And most preventable pollution is caused by carbon emissions, so why bother with the global warming argument and go straight for the dangers of pollution.
John SmithsonFebruary 6, 2012 at 7:14 PM
Right on, right on, right on. At least, with global warming, we could deal with more concrete research results than the fantasy of a predictable weather forecast.