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Jun 30 01 2:55 PM
Fourth of July sidenote.
When at fire works or parades or picnics today, look around and see how many people are really smoking. At first sensation, if only a few people are smoking and you are getting assaulted by second hand smoke it may appear to you that everyone seems to be smoking. But if actually counted and compared to non-smokers there, the smokers are probably a small minority. It was not always like this. We have made good strides as a society.
But as individuals, each and everyone of you here at Freedom have made a great stride. The day you stopped smoking you fought a major battle for freedom and have so far emerged victorious. Today you are truly free to choose whether you smoke or not. Whether you have been smoke free for a few days, weeks, months or even years now, you have taken control and have declared your independence. To keep your freedom of choice, always remember...Never Take Another Puff!
Joel
Zep, I always smoked outside..thinking I was sparing my family from my smoke..now I have a new neighbor who is outside smoking..can smell the smoke when the windows are open..never thought about my neighbors when I smoked outside..
are you a BRAVES fan? my husband sure is! He went to Atlanta just to see the Braves play, had a great time!
I feel so guilty just reading all this stuff.
Diana; add to your list - smoking in your car with the windows down. I pulled up to a light this morning right next to a car where the passenger was smoking, and the smoke blew right in my window. Part of me started craving a cigarette, part of me wanted to pull out my air freshener and spray. (oh, geez - I'm turning into a zealot!) I wanted to roll up my window, but I was afraid the smoke smell would be trapped in my car - with me.
I was thinking back to all the times I've smoked in public places and just plain made a nuisance of myself. It is embarassing! I've smoked around children, I've annoyed people, I've smoked around food - it is just disgusting thinking back.
Now, I want a smoke free world - or at least a world where people can only smoke in the privacy of their own bathtubs!
Have a great night all, hope everyone enjoyed this literal and symbolic holiday!
Suz ... check out the stats - almost 18 days!!!
Two weeks, three days, 23 hours, 36 minutes and 34 seconds. 539 cigarettes not smoked, saving $80.93. Life saved: 1 day, 20 hours, 55 minutes.
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Joel,
Imagine living in a country with smoking rates of 51% amongst males, 25% for females and 22% for physicians (yes, health care professionals). Imagine switching your TV on and watching tobacco ads all day long, no restrictions on billboards, newspapers and magazine ads, and free tobacco samples outside sports events. Imagine asking for a non-smoking table at your favorite restaurant and getting THE non-smoking table next to the restrooms. Mexico is truly a non-smoker's hell. I promise to become more active in the fight against tobacco as I mature as a nonsmoker.
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LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Despite medical evidence of the dangers of passive smoking, many Britons are exposed to smoking in their workplaces although 85 percent believe they should not be.
A survey by anti-smoking group ASH, Action on Smoking and Health, published on Saturday revealed that 11 percent of employees, which equates to more than three million people, said smoking is still allowed in all areas where they work.
"The population understands that passive smoke kills, yet millions are being put at risk," said Marsha Williams of ASH. "This survey reflects the widespread view that it is simply unacceptable to force people to work in smoky conditions if it can be avoided."
Forty-two percent of the 2,000 people who took part in the survey said smoking rooms were provided where they worked and 40 percent reported a complete ban on smoking in their workplace.
Eighty-five percent said the right to a smoke-free workplace outweighed the right to smoke during working hours, and 62 percent of smokers in the survey agreed in principle with workplace restrictions on smoking.
"Our respondents are sanctioning the fact that government should be putting the right to a safe and healthy working environment before the ill-founded complaints of others about smoking restrictions being an attack on their freedom," Williams added.
ASH wants the issue to be debated in parliament because it believes legislation should be introduced to protect workers.
A review of research into the risks of passive smoking by experts at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) showed breathing in second-hand smoke increases the risk of lung cancer.
The concentration of harmful chemical and gases inhaled by passive smokers are not as high as in smokers but they are just as dangerous.
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