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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:26 PM Original message |
Just one night in smoky bar can be toxic |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. What about a night in Los Angeles or Houston? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I smoke at the club all the time... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 05:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. cow farts n/t |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. If people want to smoke, let them |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Getting in anyone's face could be lethal. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. I've found smokers to be more |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I've gotten in lots of smokers' faces. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
101. I applaud your efforts. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Dear god. We're exposed to an infinite number of carcinogens on a daily basis. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yep. Anti-smoking hysteria is such a cultural fad. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. . |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. As is... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. terminal pissiness -- I like that |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I agree!! |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Dude, yer already dead. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Holy shit. Feeding hysteria with hyperbola. Beautiful. |
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Exiled in America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:30 AM Response to Reply #26 |
53. Why is this post addressed me ? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. Oh, that old crap excuse. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. Did you forget to read the OP? This is about secondary exposures. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
93. It's the latest "fear du jour". |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think the owners should be able to choose whether or not to have smoking in their places. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. When are we banning fireplaces? |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Louisville's restaurant/bar smoking ban goes into effect Sunday 12:01am |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. So what do YOU drive? |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I don't have a car. Try again. |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yeah, we all know that democracy is all about |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Smoking indoors around non-smokers is a privilege, never a right. n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Selfish addicted pigs killing friends, lovers, strangers, and themselves. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You seem addicted to rage. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
79. I call it justified moral outrage... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 03:47 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. ".. over a poisonous privilege that was never a right." |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
95. How do you manage to get through each day? |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Now that's as succinct as one can make it. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #50 |
80. It always confounds me when Democrats crap on democracy.... |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Egads. Don't get me started. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Congratulations! |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Well, nicotine is indeed an addiction... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. I don't think it is really about smoking here, more about rights |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
67. "Choice" sounds reasonable but it doesn't work out that way |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Also it stinks up your clothes and your hair. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Until smoking bans |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. People who haven't dined out in public for years can eat out now. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
68. We went to a restaurant once where the non-smoking section |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. A close neighbor of mine died last night |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. same story here |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Lucky, wasn't she? |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Um |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. They are strange places |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. I think that you... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. They went to a smoky dive bar |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
96. I would hate to have to be poisoned while drinking 17 pints of beer |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
97. dupe |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
98. trip |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I am surprised that anyone still smokes. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I won't play bars anymore |
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DubyaSux (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
29. This is getting ridiculous... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Well, not a clubber here, but from what I've read, the smoking |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. it is good for restaurants |
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They Live (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. I gave up going to clubs because of the smoking ban |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 05:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
60. People are free to make choices.. that's all |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
73. I've been playing in clubs since 1960 |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's a wonder anyone's still standing -- this junk science is crazy |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #36 |
69. That doesn't explain away that lung cancer thing that happens |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. Right, junk science... |
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They Live (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
38. There is no public place to be uninhibited |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. Nope, as I said upthread |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. They CHOSE to work there. n/t |
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dropkickpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Exactly! |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. They could have gone to college |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 03:24 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. So if you don't smoke, you'll never die? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
86. You will still die, but probably later and less unpleasantly than if you do smoke |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. So dying of other forms of cancer are less unpleasant? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-02-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #92 |
100. I know you can't control everything... |
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Tiberius (798 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
63. Uh, re-educate yourself on labor law |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. Coal fired plants (as Obama backs |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:57 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. LOL - you and me both, burrowowl. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
76. Gee, you have the choice to move, don't you? |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 01:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
91. I suppose I do. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
45. Bars will now be like a health spa |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
81. In moderation, it is! n/t |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. If that's the case, I've been dead since 1990... |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-29-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. We had a famous series of commercials here in Canada |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
66. So did Dana Reed.... |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
54. So, if I was exposed to secondhand smoke from the time I was an infant |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 03:53 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. of course you're forgiven! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
77. I know it's VERY HARD |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
55. Smoke free bars are great! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
57. "Error. You've already recommended that thread!" Yes I currently live in WA, |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
61. Do I ever hate smokers almost... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
62. Damn, is it too early for popcorn? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
65. sheesh |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. So did I |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
70. Luckily here in Oregon they FINALLY passed a statewide ban |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
71. It's working beautifully in central NM |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
82. Well it certainly is unpleasant |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
84. I am glad CT went smoke less |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
85. Here here!! |
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callous taoboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
87. I'm in Anchorage visiting. Smoking ban goes into effect at midnight tonight. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-30-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
89. WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE! n/t |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Actually, yes . . . yes we are. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-01-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #94 |
99. (i know...) n/t |
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ButterflyBlood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-03-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
102. And yet starting in October, smoking will be banned in all Minnesota bars |
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