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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy
Okay Katex,
There are approx 50,893,318 adults in the Uk, so a 5th are smokers......I would say that is a minority.
Second hand smoke, well according to the WHO, The Surgeon General, International agency for the research on cancer, it does exist.
Here is some reading if you are interested,
http://www.who.int/tobacco/framework...TC_english.pdf
http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Monogr.../mono83-7E.pdf
the evaluation is here 'There is sufficient evidence that involuntary smoking (exposure to secondhand or ‘environmental’ tobacco smoke) causes lung cancer in humans.'
Watch the film Thankyou for smoking, might make you sit up a bit.
re aviation, well if you want to start a thread on that we could argue, however if you have even been in a car or bus, then you are causing lots of damage to the environment as well. |
Not saying NOT in the minority ... just a lot of people still smoke who should have had a voice ... couldn't understand your argument... still don't. The disabled are in the minority .. so should we spend money on ramps, etc., OK. that is daft ! ... but so is your point.
You can always google articles which lean towards your thoughts, but I believe the medical people I am close to that are up-to-date. I can google papers that state not yet conclusive.
As for your last statement ... you are just being childish now .. I only brought up aviation because this health and environment question is non smoker's argument to the smoking question when everybody, as far as I am concerned, is nothing but blatant hypocrites.
Anyway, thought you had taken a back seat on this discussion. Hope that is not the most susceptable place on your plane for picking up all those air-ridden bugs ...
