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lee362 Wrote: Apr 04, 2012 9:17 AM

What makes matters worse in the case of anti-smoker activists is that they are misrepresenting the science. Smoking has deleterious effects on smokers and second hand smoke annoys many non-smokers but second hand smoke appears to have no negative health consequences for non-smokers. Please share the results of the Enstrom and Kabat study on the health effects of second hand smoke as published in the British Medical Journal. Misleading anti-smoker criticism of the peer-reviewed study does not undermine its conclusions.

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Kirk92 Wrote: Apr 04, 2012 10:04 AM

Let me be clear, second hand smoke has no effect. If it did, we would be bombarded with the proof each and every day.

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Dupes for the State

Public misunderstanding, ignorance and possibly contempt for liberty play into the hands of people who want to control our lives. Responses to my recent column "Compliant Americans" brought this home to me. In it, I argued that the anti-tobacco movement became the template and inspiration for other forms of government intrusion, such as bans on restaurants serving foie gras, McDonald's giving Happy Meals with toys, and confiscating a child's home-prepared lunch because it didn't meet Department of Agriculture guidelines. A few responses read like this: "Smoking is different because that actually affects other people. We should be living by the notion...

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