Larry Gude
Strung Out
So if I sit there...
...with my greenhouse autofogger spewing out chlorinated hydrocarbons at a low enough rate that research hasn't proven is harmful, say a few parts per million, you're good with that?
You don't need research, at least shouldn't need, to KNOW that smoke is probably bad to inhale.
We're talking about a behavior, like poor diet, that only takes it's toll over time so the whole thing is blown up a bit but, consider:
When we were kids, there were ashtrays at the end of each aisle in the grocery store. Same thing at Hechts or any clothing store. Movie theatre, airplanes, doctors office waiting room.
Wanna go back to that?
If no, why not? I mean, it's not proven harmful or anything, right?
The fact is humans don't change behavior much unless someone is #####ing
about it. Sure as sunrise, we'll take it too far and get silly about it. Anti smokers are just that, anti, and they are after abolition, not reasonable restrictions.
I think it's reasonable to have smoking and non smoking sections and I'm all for bars being all smoking and it would be nice if this was a simple business decision but we, the people, need some help sometimes.
Vrai nailed it though; you don't have to go to a restaurant. Now that smoking
is a current issue, they, the restaurants, will adapt to the market.
ylexot said:Smoking is bad for you, but there is no proof that second-hand smoke is harmful. There are many deadly things (as you pointed out) that are fine in small doses. Second-hand smoke is mixed with the ambient air which makes the concentrations low.
...with my greenhouse autofogger spewing out chlorinated hydrocarbons at a low enough rate that research hasn't proven is harmful, say a few parts per million, you're good with that?
You don't need research, at least shouldn't need, to KNOW that smoke is probably bad to inhale.
We're talking about a behavior, like poor diet, that only takes it's toll over time so the whole thing is blown up a bit but, consider:
When we were kids, there were ashtrays at the end of each aisle in the grocery store. Same thing at Hechts or any clothing store. Movie theatre, airplanes, doctors office waiting room.
Wanna go back to that?
If no, why not? I mean, it's not proven harmful or anything, right?
The fact is humans don't change behavior much unless someone is #####ing
about it. Sure as sunrise, we'll take it too far and get silly about it. Anti smokers are just that, anti, and they are after abolition, not reasonable restrictions.
I think it's reasonable to have smoking and non smoking sections and I'm all for bars being all smoking and it would be nice if this was a simple business decision but we, the people, need some help sometimes.
Vrai nailed it though; you don't have to go to a restaurant. Now that smoking
is a current issue, they, the restaurants, will adapt to the market.