Smoking
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I admire your attitude.
Do you feel that banning smoking in public will help you to cut down or even stop?
As I said in the previous thread on this subject I do not object to people having the right to smoke. I only object to having no option but to breathe in their second hand smoke when I have never smoked and never wanted to.
Thank you for understanding that we have a right to clean air.
Do you feel that banning smoking in public will help you to cut down or even stop?
As I said in the previous thread on this subject I do not object to people having the right to smoke. I only object to having no option but to breathe in their second hand smoke when I have never smoked and never wanted to.
Thank you for understanding that we have a right to clean air.
now i'm only 14 and i agree with you y should young children suffer. my dad smokes and i want im 2 stop and i think what u have said is brave of you and igree this would prob help others 2 stop if we stopped it in public places as some people only smoke because there mates smoke when they go out and think it makes them look big. well done and i think u have the guts 2 give it up
I couldn't agree more, Less.
It's not big and it's not clever. SMS-speak may be fine for tweenies, among themselves. But I object to having to have a translator handy to make sense of some of these posts.
It's not big and it's not clever. SMS-speak may be fine for tweenies, among themselves. But I object to having to have a translator handy to make sense of some of these posts.
Well i have an opinion on this one, i am a smoker but im not a driver and i have to breath all the nasty gases from cars every day, a little test if i were to be in a room with a car running for half an hour and in a room full of tobacco smoke for half an hour which would do me the most harm?
Point made thank you.
Point made thank you.
How much harm will be suffered when you finally throw that keyboard you are using away? It isn't bio-degradable but your perfectly happy to use it even though umpteen pollutants have been released into the atmosphere in it's production!-pixie said:
We ALL turn a blind eye to what we do that isn't friendly to nature, but we all expect others to behave!
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This from the BBC might be interesting...
Car exhausts contain a range of toxic substances that can have a serious impact on health. Once released into the air, these substances are breathed in and transported in the bloodstream to all the body's major organs.
Potentially dangerous vehicle emissions include:
A Dutch study, published in March, of 632 children aged 7 to 11 years found that respiratory disorders worsened as air pollution increased.
Impact on blood
Many pollutants produce harmful effects on the blood and the coronary system. Researchers estimate that one in every 50 heart attacks in London are triggered by air pollution.
Lead, for instance, interferes with the normal formation of red blood cells by inhibiting important enzymes. It also damaged red blood cell membrances and interferes with cell metabolism in a way that shortens the survival of each individual cell. This can lead to anaemia - a shortage of blood cells - which can reduce the body's ability to circulate oxygen and vital nutrients.
Benzene has a suppressive effect on bone marrow and impairs the development of red blood cells. Exposure to the chemical may result in a diminished number of blood cells - cytopenia - or total bone marrow loss.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is similar to suffocation. CO binds to the haemoglobin contained in red blood cells 200 times more effectively than oxygen, and so can dramatically reduce the ability of the cells to transport and release oxygen to the tissues of the body.
Toxic chemicals may also stimulate the immune system to attack the body's own tissues, particularly the cells that line human blood vessels.
The damage is initially slight, but it can build up with repetitive exposure to toxic substances and eventually lead to blockage of the blood vessels, increasing the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.
Central nervous system
Research has shown that exposure to lead can lead to behavioural changes. It can also impair mental function, causing problems with learning and memory.
German research suggests that the impact of lead on the central nervous system may grow with advancing age. The immune system appears to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of pollution.
Substances such as benzene, nitrogen dioxide and small particulate matter interact with the immune system and may cause changes, ranging from overactive immune responses to immunosuppression.
Cause of cancer
Long-term exposure to Benzene has been shown to be linked to leukaemia. It is also thought that the harmful impact that the chemical can have on the immune system may lower the body's defence against tumours. Polycyclic hydrocarbons are also thought to be carcinogenic.
Several of these compounds have caused tumours in laboratory animals when they ate them, when they were applied to their skin, or when they breathed them in the air for long periods of time. Studies in animals have also shown that polycyclic hydrocarbons can cause harmful effects on the skin and on body fluids.
(Source: BBC News)
Car exhausts contain a range of toxic substances that can have a serious impact on health. Once released into the air, these substances are breathed in and transported in the bloodstream to all the body's major organs.
Potentially dangerous vehicle emissions include:
- Carbon monoxide
- Nitrogen dioxide
- Sulphur dioxide
- Benzene
- Formaldehyde
- Polycyclic hydrocarbons
- Lead
- Tiny suspended particles
A Dutch study, published in March, of 632 children aged 7 to 11 years found that respiratory disorders worsened as air pollution increased.
Impact on blood
Many pollutants produce harmful effects on the blood and the coronary system. Researchers estimate that one in every 50 heart attacks in London are triggered by air pollution.
Lead, for instance, interferes with the normal formation of red blood cells by inhibiting important enzymes. It also damaged red blood cell membrances and interferes with cell metabolism in a way that shortens the survival of each individual cell. This can lead to anaemia - a shortage of blood cells - which can reduce the body's ability to circulate oxygen and vital nutrients.
Benzene has a suppressive effect on bone marrow and impairs the development of red blood cells. Exposure to the chemical may result in a diminished number of blood cells - cytopenia - or total bone marrow loss.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is similar to suffocation. CO binds to the haemoglobin contained in red blood cells 200 times more effectively than oxygen, and so can dramatically reduce the ability of the cells to transport and release oxygen to the tissues of the body.
Toxic chemicals may also stimulate the immune system to attack the body's own tissues, particularly the cells that line human blood vessels.
The damage is initially slight, but it can build up with repetitive exposure to toxic substances and eventually lead to blockage of the blood vessels, increasing the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease.
Central nervous system
Research has shown that exposure to lead can lead to behavioural changes. It can also impair mental function, causing problems with learning and memory.
German research suggests that the impact of lead on the central nervous system may grow with advancing age. The immune system appears to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of pollution.
Substances such as benzene, nitrogen dioxide and small particulate matter interact with the immune system and may cause changes, ranging from overactive immune responses to immunosuppression.
Cause of cancer
Long-term exposure to Benzene has been shown to be linked to leukaemia. It is also thought that the harmful impact that the chemical can have on the immune system may lower the body's defence against tumours. Polycyclic hydrocarbons are also thought to be carcinogenic.
Several of these compounds have caused tumours in laboratory animals when they ate them, when they were applied to their skin, or when they breathed them in the air for long periods of time. Studies in animals have also shown that polycyclic hydrocarbons can cause harmful effects on the skin and on body fluids.
(Source: BBC News)
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Just a couple of questions:
Is there still lead if we are using lead free petrol?
Tiny suspended particles of what?
Just a couple of questions:
Is there still lead if we are using lead free petrol?
Tiny suspended particles of what?
I don't expect everyone (myself included) to be saints, but I know that I do as much as I can to reduce polluting the world we live in.Less said:How much harm will be suffered when you finally throw that keyboard you are using away? It isn't bio-degradable but your perfectly happy to use it even though umpteen pollutants have been released into the atmosphere in it's production!
We ALL turn a blind eye to what we do that isn't friendly to nature, but we all expect others to behave!
ive smoked for the past 11 years but i fully agree on banning it in restaurents id feel rude smoking while others are eating round me but how will pubs like the regency cope to ban smoking in somewhere like that will bankrupt the place as the majority seem to smoke most will probably walk straight past to the baileys either that or they ll have to cut there losses on serving food
I was quite horrified recently to see in TV what happens to old equipment like PC keyboards. Not simply a case of not bio-degrading but the things are shipped out to other countries where people pock out the tiny bits of useful metals etc and the rest is burned (yes in great piles of atospheric pollution!)Less said:
Here we are dutifully sorting out plastics and cans and bottles for recycling, taking our large rubbish items to the tip and re-usable items to charity shops and jumble sales etc so as to produce as little waste as possible and yet on the other side of the world OUR (I use the term meaning people who use this type of equipment - not AccyWebbers in particular) PC type junk is polluting the world at an alarming rate, not to mention the harm caused individually to the people who are salvaging the bits.
On the subject of car emmissions vs second hand tobacco smoke - the former rarely happens in an enclosed space and so doesn't have the same relative impact.