Quitting smoking?

As subbie mentioned, Minnesota has a law that bans smoking in most public places (I'm not sure what's all included, but most restaurants, bars, etc. are smoke-free).Recently, legislation has been pushed to treat e-cigarettes the same as regular cigarettes.It is comforting to know that perhaps people will not wait decades to do something about the new fad while thousands of people potentially die as a result of someone else's poor habits.

Exactly the point I was laughed at for making earlier.Why wait for decades of studies on the long-term effects of second-hand 'vapors'? How many people died from exposure to traditional second hand smoke while folks sat around waiting for 'study results' before choosing to do anything?How many people are still dying because various locales refuse to recognize the health hazard? All the more reason to tell folk to blow their mystery vapor somewhere else. Or, instead, you could explain how it is any bit similar.

There is no argument to make.Show that it's safe.Until then, keep it out of my air.

But it does pose a danger. And each new study shows the danger to be even greater than previously thought.If someone chain-smokes on their balcony right below another's apartment, the other party can be exposed to second hand smoke relentlessly and undesirably in their own home.What gives anyone the right to subject another person to those life-endangering conditions solely in preservation of their own sense of convenience? I would be okay with that, and am actively in favor of some of those things. There is no dissonance. The evidence has spoken repeatedly that second hand smoke is dangerousa health hazard. The fact has been so well established that it is rather unconscionable for an honest person to not at least admit to the possibility of a similar risk with other second hand exposures and 'play it safe' until a reasonable amount of evidence can be collected to answer the question.It's the most logically decent thing to do.Let's be logically decent.Jon