Second hand smoke isn’t just the smoke that’s coming out of someone else’s lungs. There’s smoke that comes off of the cigarette as it’s burning too.
I bet you also believe that people are passing out from wearing a mask because they aren’t getting enough oxygen too, huh. But breathing in smoke, nah that’s totally fine.
It's disseminated so sparsely into the air that it has no proven effect. Seriously, look at the studies, they're all entirely bogus. It's a house of cards.
And I am not a smoker, but I am staunchly against the government regulating personal freedoms based on falsehoods.
No, I don't think healthy people are passing out from wearing a mask, but masks also don't stop the spread of airborne viruses.
Want to take any more guesses about who I am and what I think?
It seems like the problem with the studies was that it was hard to control for levels of long term smoke exposure. Someone in Florida who keeps the windows open most of the year might get less exposure over time compared to someone in Vermont who is closed up inside for half the year. That doesn’t mean there’s zero risk, it means it’s hard to quantify.
Either way, if it’s about freedom, is someone’s freedom to fill their lungs with smoke any more important than someone’s freedom to breathe fresh air that doesn’t stink like shit? Your freedom ends right at the tip of someone else’s nose. It’s the reason a woman’s “right to choose” shouldn’t override a baby’s right to life.
I mean, sure, I think that businesses should be able to choose if they want to be smoke free or not. They’d have the freedom to choose if they want the business from smokers or non-smokers, and people would have the freedom to do business with smoking or non-smoking businesses.
Public schools are a little different though. Kids don’t have the choice to go to school or not, they can’t just pick up and move to another public school. It’s not that hard for teachers to take it outside. That’s all I’m saying.
I take it you’re a smoker.
Second hand smoke isn’t just the smoke that’s coming out of someone else’s lungs. There’s smoke that comes off of the cigarette as it’s burning too.
I bet you also believe that people are passing out from wearing a mask because they aren’t getting enough oxygen too, huh. But breathing in smoke, nah that’s totally fine.
It's disseminated so sparsely into the air that it has no proven effect. Seriously, look at the studies, they're all entirely bogus. It's a house of cards.
And I am not a smoker, but I am staunchly against the government regulating personal freedoms based on falsehoods.
No, I don't think healthy people are passing out from wearing a mask, but masks also don't stop the spread of airborne viruses.
Want to take any more guesses about who I am and what I think?
It seems like the problem with the studies was that it was hard to control for levels of long term smoke exposure. Someone in Florida who keeps the windows open most of the year might get less exposure over time compared to someone in Vermont who is closed up inside for half the year. That doesn’t mean there’s zero risk, it means it’s hard to quantify.
Either way, if it’s about freedom, is someone’s freedom to fill their lungs with smoke any more important than someone’s freedom to breathe fresh air that doesn’t stink like shit? Your freedom ends right at the tip of someone else’s nose. It’s the reason a woman’s “right to choose” shouldn’t override a baby’s right to life.
I mean, sure, I think that businesses should be able to choose if they want to be smoke free or not. They’d have the freedom to choose if they want the business from smokers or non-smokers, and people would have the freedom to do business with smoking or non-smoking businesses.
Public schools are a little different though. Kids don’t have the choice to go to school or not, they can’t just pick up and move to another public school. It’s not that hard for teachers to take it outside. That’s all I’m saying.
What are you even talking about at this point? When was the last time teachers smoked in the goddamned classroom? 1968?
Yes. Is a person's freedom (period) more important than a person's decision to not walk to a place where they aren't near the smoke?