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Heat seaking Fire Hoses needed by plblark2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Smoking: the Real WMD by plblark 2003-12-19 09:10:00
<warning>I am not a smoker. I have been a smoker. I am heavily biased against smoking.</warning>

Smoking is bad for america and the world for teh following reasons:
  • Health effects:
    • Each cigarette has been estimatred to take 7-11 minutes off a smoker's life
    • second hand smoke is dangerous to the health of smokers and non-smokers alike
    • Smoking by pregnant mothers has been proven to cause lower birth weight and slower lung development
    • nicotine is a poison
    • carcinogens abound in cigarettes and their byproducts
  • Pollution
    • Trash and littering
      • Everywhere there is an allowed smoking area, there are butts and detrius
      • I have often seen smokers dump their ash trays out their doors on the ground
      • I often see butts thrown out the window
    • Air Quality
      • smoke stinks
      • second hand smoke is an irritant and has a lingering odor
      • Smoke lingers and can discolor or permanently enscent(is that a word) items and people
  • loss of productivity
    • I have worked places where "smoke breaks" took at least twice as long as alloted breaks and occured more often
    • Health issues causing missed work
  • Increased health care premiums
    • For treating of self-induced disorders caused by smoking
      • Enphasema, Asthma, etc...
    • asthma and respiratory distress of non-smokers
    • detrimental effects on children exposed to second-hand smoke
    • since medical premiums have oto pay for these issues, and we all share a burden of the cost.. smokers are costing us all money
  • Tobacco is a huge export of America
  • It has been proven that Tobacco companies tried to make their brands MORE addictive

and the list could go on and on
[ Reply ]
    ENOUGH ALREADY! by LurkerMo2003-12-19 09:50:31
      I might add that by Slamlander2003-12-19 09:56:18
        you would be correct there by plblark2003-12-19 10:12:32
      Aha. Thanks. a reasoned conversation by plblark2003-12-19 10:11:51
        {{{plblark}}} by LurkerMo2003-12-19 10:31:39
          Not really. by plblark2003-12-19 10:37:14

 

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