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Frustrated that people continued to consume so much alcohol even after it was banned, federal officials had decided to try a different kind of enforcement. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the United States, products regularly stolen by bootleggers and resold as drinkable spirits. The idea was to scare people into giving up illicit drinking. Instead, by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, the federal poisoning program, by some estimates, had killed at least 10,000 people.
Tobacco smoke is toxic to the lungs. People with asthma who smoke or are exposed to secondhand smoke have a higher risk for asthma attacks because their airways are overly sensitive. Secondhand smoke is more harmful to nonsmokers because their bodies are not as used to smoke exposure, as smoker's bodies are.
Measurements of cotinine have shown how exposure to secondhand smoke has steadily decreased in the United States over time.5* During 1988–1991, approximately 87.9% of nonsmokers had measurable levels of cotinine. During 1999–2000, approximately 52.5% of nonsmokers had measurable levels of cotinine. During 2007–2008, approximately 40.1% of nonsmokers had measurable levels of cotinine. The decrease in exposure to secondhand smoke is due to the growing number of laws that prohibit smoking in workplaces and public places, including restaurants and bars, the increase in the number of households with voluntary smoke-free home rules, and the decreases in adult and youth smoking rates.1,5
Inadequately treated disease +/- inadequate medical monitoring. Inappropriate beta-blocker prescription or heavy sedation. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory sensitivity. Use of a long-acting beta2 agonist such as salmeterol, especially if not using a steroid inhaler.[7]
On census night, the population of the United Kingdom (UK) was estimated to be 63.2 million.
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
Drama queen much?
Tired of Control Freaks
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
so why did you stand beside your friend and let her smoker, even though your boss had implemented a smoke-free environment just for you?????
Methinks you are telling porkies!
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
Lets hear it. Its supposedly so common. Someone must of seen it?
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
Will someone help me look? It seems its just a little more difficult than I expected with all these stories of these (cough cough cough) asthmatics?
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
So smokers are not killing off asthmatics to the degree implied by anti-smokers! In fact, second hand smoke is only 1 on a list of hundreds of environmental factors.
If asthmatics cannot even take personal responsibility for complying with their medical care, why should smokers be denied public place to socialize together?
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
Asthmatics take care of yourselves, take your medication and don't expect smokers to do it for you!
originally posted by: Leonidas
So what are you truly trying to accomplish, other than to attempt to convince yourself that smoking is fine and smokers are being unfairly persecuted?
originally posted by: Leonidas
a reply to: TiredofControlFreaks
You are obviously intelligent, so I don't think anyone believes that you think smoking is not bad for your health. I used to smoke and I loved it. Still do. Still smoke the occasional cigar. However, being an EX-smoker I am fully aware of the detrimental effects of smoking. The effects of second hand smoke is cruel and selfish and I sure you are neither.
So what are you truly trying to accomplish, other than to attempt to convince yourself that smoking is fine and smokers are being unfairly persecuted?
originally posted by: ArMaP
originally posted by: TiredofControlFreaks
Asthmatics take care of yourselves, take your medication and don't expect smokers to do it for you!
I'm not expecting anyone to do it for me, but I would like to get some respect from other people, in the same way I respect their rights.