tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post4169438228887371248..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: There's a smoking ban hearing tonight, and the words "workplace safety" will be uttered more than once.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-8179623990758383662008-07-08T07:26:00.000-04:002008-07-08T07:26:00.000-04:00(a) The Roger postng above is not the Roger who wr...(a) The Roger postng above is not the Roger who writes this blog<BR/><BR/>(b) Just registering with Blogger is part of the step for posting here, but not all of it. We frown on anonymity. If you intend to continue posting, identify yourself to e (e-mail in profile). I will keep your full name under wraps if you desire. Same goes for any previous posters who have not identified themselves to me.<BR/><BR/>(c) Thanks.The New Albanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-62327014151601579612008-07-08T06:41:00.000-04:002008-07-08T06:41:00.000-04:00i watched some of the reactions last night. a m a...i watched some of the reactions last night. a m a z i n g!!! <BR/><BR/>i think new albany should borrow the tag line "Keep Louisville Weird."Tommy2x4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06899080622242891109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-74087379432768295022008-07-08T06:26:00.000-04:002008-07-08T06:26:00.000-04:00Tommy, Snowbird is not the only one who thinks the...Tommy, Snowbird is not the only one who thinks they can make the science go away with simple denials. There are over 1,000 studies that support harm from secondhand smoke, and here is a study that draws from many of those studies:<BR/><BR/>http://repositories.cdlib.org/context/tc/article/1194/type/pdf/viewcontent/<BR/><BR/>A short list of diseases caused by secondhand smoke include Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, middle ear infection, bronchitis, pneumonia, heart disease, lung cancer, nasal sinus cancer, low birthweight, asthma, and breast cancer in younger, pre-menopausal women. <BR/><BR/>So the smoke from the south end of a cigarette causes the same kinds of diseases as the smoke from the north end of a cigarette. And that's a fact that needs no science because a child can figure it out. Imagine that.Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516089833074898202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-17400755683503068502008-07-08T00:45:00.000-04:002008-07-08T00:45:00.000-04:00I'm a non-smoker, but I don't think a "bill" that ...I'm a non-smoker, but I don't think a "bill" that only lets the council vote for and, if passed, dictate to people if they are allowed to smoke or not should even be considered. Instead, why not introduce the issue as a referendum, put it on the ballot for the next city elections, and allow the people to vote on it? This past weekend we celebrated our Freedoms, and to let a council just produce a "bill" ordering people, if passed, to stop smoking, is violating one of the basic Freedoms...the Freedom of Expression. In the last Council election, many, including myself, pushed for "change". This is the time to show a "change" that we all talked about by not just taking the stance of dictating to constituents, but by including them in the process, by putting this issue on the ballot and letting the People vote a ban in or out. This way, even if the ban would be voted in, it would be the decision of the majority of the People obtained in an open, fair election, and not something that was just introduced, and passed into law by the council.John Altonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15683691827877996265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-36844611581328790642008-07-07T16:59:00.000-04:002008-07-07T16:59:00.000-04:00wonder why there's never a wait to be seated for t...wonder why there's never a wait to be seated for the smoking area?!...hmmmm let me guess, becuase a majority of people don't smoke.<BR/><BR/>you can't put your nicotine addiction on hold for just one hour while you eat?! sheesh...<BR/><BR/>"Almost 8,000 people in Kentucky will lose their life due to tobacco related diseases."<BR/>-CDC MMWR 2006<BR/><BR/>also from the CDC<BR/>-440,000 Deaths from cigarette smoking related disease.<BR/> -Cancer 159,600<BR/> -Fetus and Infant Death 970<BR/> -2nd Hand Smoke 38,000<BR/> -Respiratory Disease 98,000<BR/> -Heart Disease 142,600<BR/><BR/>Nicotine is in the same drug class as Cocaine, Strychnine and Morphine.<BR/><BR/>Side Stream Smoke Contains over 4,000 toxins...that's the part that comes off the tip of the cigarette...<BR/><BR/>the evidence is out there Snowbird supporting the fact that 2nd hand smoke kills(period)<BR/><BR/>most people DON'T smoke. if an establisment would rather cater to the minority here, fine...but i'm pretty sure that in the end, business owners would rather have the majority happy in this case.<BR/><BR/>i just don't understand how educated people can debate on an issue so blatantly unhealthy like this.Tommy2x4https://www.blogger.com/profile/06899080622242891109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-56378827991865985322008-07-07T15:23:00.000-04:002008-07-07T15:23:00.000-04:00For what it's worth:CDC Secondhand Smoke Fact Shee...For what it's worth:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/Factsheets/SecondhandSmoke.htm" REL="nofollow">CDC Secondhand Smoke Fact Sheet</A>B.W. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323264839057293305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-3399834232907941292008-07-07T11:09:00.000-04:002008-07-07T11:09:00.000-04:00I would like for "them" to produce and display LEG...I would like for "them" to produce and display LEGAL medical documentation of "victims" who have been diagnosed with illnesses/injuries that have been from a direct and unquestionable result of being exposed to SHS, or ETS,specifically from their working environments.<BR/> They triedm they were beaten, and now they come back with the sanme arguments, under different pretenses.Christopher Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589550162637204662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-21740182921194983182008-07-07T10:45:00.000-04:002008-07-07T10:45:00.000-04:00There has never been a single study showing that e...There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels<BR/>of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and<BR/>filtration systems kills or harms anyone.<BR/><BR/>As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers<BR/>can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern<BR/>ventilation technology.<BR/><BR/>Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not<BR/>just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious<BR/>contaminants that are independent from smoking.<BR/>Smoke from tobacco is a statistically insignificant health risk.<BR/>The vast majority of adults do no or very seldom patronize the hospitality industry on any given day.<BR/>Why should they have a voice on the issue that owners should or should not use or permit a legal product on 'private' property.<BR/><BR/>Thomas Laprade<BR/>Thunder Bay, Ont.<BR/>Ph. 807 3457258snowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190467191176591296noreply@blogger.com