Post by Half-Tard on May 27, 2012 13:45:19 GMT -5
Second hand smoke has never led to death of anyone. Don't want smoking that's fine just quit lying. But the powers to be love to spend that tobacco tax money. Reading this story with all the facts they supposedly have why isn't tobacco banned? The pussification continues
Caplenor was thrilled to learn that Miller Plaza and Nightfall are going smoke-free beginning June 1.
The decision comes a year after Riverbend announced it would restrict smoking in certain areas at the festival. This year, Riverbend is expanding its smoke-free zones, adding additional signs and handing out cards about the
zones to anyone found smoking in them.
timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/27/chattanooga-nightfall-joins-riverbend-bans-smoking/
At the behest of Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Ca), the Congressional Research Service (CRS) spent two years examining reports and came up with the following conclusions regarding second hand smoke and lung cancer (Redhead and Rowberg, 1995):
(a) The statistical evidence does not appear to support a conclusion that there are substantial health effects of passive smoking.
(b) It is possible that very few or even no deaths can be attributed to second hand smoke.
(c) If there are any lung cancer deaths from second hand smoke, they are likely to be concentrated among those subjected to the highest exposure levels (e.g., spouses).
(d) The absolute risk, even to those with the greatest exposure levels, is uncertain.
The CRS found that, what was considered an “obvious” conclusion by the EPA was, in fact, flawed. The EPA reasoned that if the smoke inhaled by a smoker was close enough in composition to that which is exhaled, then if one was carcinogenic the other must also be carcinogenic. This assumption is chemically incorrect and was rejected.
yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/
Caplenor was thrilled to learn that Miller Plaza and Nightfall are going smoke-free beginning June 1.
The decision comes a year after Riverbend announced it would restrict smoking in certain areas at the festival. This year, Riverbend is expanding its smoke-free zones, adding additional signs and handing out cards about the
zones to anyone found smoking in them.
timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/27/chattanooga-nightfall-joins-riverbend-bans-smoking/
At the behest of Congressman Henry Waxman (D-Ca), the Congressional Research Service (CRS) spent two years examining reports and came up with the following conclusions regarding second hand smoke and lung cancer (Redhead and Rowberg, 1995):
(a) The statistical evidence does not appear to support a conclusion that there are substantial health effects of passive smoking.
(b) It is possible that very few or even no deaths can be attributed to second hand smoke.
(c) If there are any lung cancer deaths from second hand smoke, they are likely to be concentrated among those subjected to the highest exposure levels (e.g., spouses).
(d) The absolute risk, even to those with the greatest exposure levels, is uncertain.
The CRS found that, what was considered an “obvious” conclusion by the EPA was, in fact, flawed. The EPA reasoned that if the smoke inhaled by a smoker was close enough in composition to that which is exhaled, then if one was carcinogenic the other must also be carcinogenic. This assumption is chemically incorrect and was rejected.
yourdoctorsorders.com/2009/01/the-myth-of-second-hand-smoke/