smokers rights

[antrc170]

Smoking in public is not a right. The US government has already asserted that it has the authority to control chemicals via pollution and OSHA standards. OSHA can regulate how and when toxic chemicals can be used, so why can't the government regulate how and when toxic chemicals can be used by individuals? Within the confines of your own home go ahead and light em if you got em. Once you step out into public places then you are subject to the regulations of the government. Even though a business may be privately owned, the definition of a public place has long since included any business opened to the public as part of its normal operating standards. An exclusive club would be excempt as they are not opened to the public.

Compare to carrying a weapon in public. It is perfectly legal to own a gun, but the government (in some places the state,federal, or both) has banned the the carry of it into public places. When you are on private property have fun to waive it around all you want, but when you go out into public places then you are subject to the authoratative control of the government.

 

[Dillon]

Please tell us which gene is responsible for you (or anyone else) smoking.

The burden of proof is on you.

gene variants affect how much a person smokes, whether one becomes a smoker, how hard it is to quit, and risk of lung cancer from smoking, new studies find.

studies, based on genetic information collected by an international consortium from more than 140,000 people of European descent, expand on a report linking a specific region of the genome to smoking behavior.

 

[Proserpina]

Common gene variants affect how much a person smokes, whether one becomes a smoker, how hard it is to quit, and risk of lung cancer from smoking, new studies find.

The studies, based on genetic information collected by an international consortium from more than 140,000 people of European descent, expand on a 2008 report linking a specific region of the genome to smoking behavior.

Please cite.

(Really - I'm interested)

 

[Dillon]

1.) One might feel that way all they want but one still does not have a right.

Wrong behavior is, by definition, wrong.

i believe that and it gives me comfort.

 

[Dillon]

Please cite.

(Really - I'm interested)

i wish i could help you, but you''ll have to research it'

 

[ecmst12]

Which is code for "I made it up".

 

[Dillon]

the best way to quit smoking is re-program ones thinking about it?

change stinking thinking to right thinking, you think?

 

[Proserpina]

Which is code for "I made it up".

You got it.

Not that I'm surprised at Dillon's lack of...evidence, if you will.

Seems to be the norm.

 

[Dillon]

Which is code for "I made it up".

sometime, if one beleves a lie it makes them feel better for a little while, Right?

 

[Dillon]

You got it.

Not that I'm surprised at Dillon's lack of...evidence, if you will.

Seems to be the norm.

Proserpina i am surprised at your lack of faith in the lack of evidence?

 

[CreativeBlock]

Proserpina i am surprised at your lack of faith in the lack of evidence?

With all due respect, you haven't provided any "evidence."

Crackpot theories abound when it comes to addictions (and yes, I do know this as a former psychologist). Doesn't make it any more than just that: a theory.