For the last time, I don’t smoke, no one in my family smokes, no one around me smokes. I have no personal vested interest in this. I just find it interesting that people who are ignorant try to change behaviors of others.
Study after study proves that secondhand smoke does not cause lung cancer. There are many news articles about this online besides for the actual studies. I understand that it’s politically expedient to claim it does, since it scores points for certain interest groups. The facts are the facts.
You’re trying to ostracize a large part of your Jewish brethren because you don’t like what they do. And that’s what’s bothering me. You have no right to judge others and their behavior due to your ill-conceived notion that second-hand smoke causes lung cancer.
It’s not healthy for them to smoke. I know that. Everyone knows this. Being overweight is also bad, eating sugary Foods is also bad
Do you think your body is happy that you’re sitting in front of a computer all day? It’s also bad for you. Lack of exercise can cause heart disease. It should be forbidden to sit at a computer desk all day and use the car to commute. But it’s not forbidden, because each time you sit down at the computer it’s not dangerous. It’s the cumulative effect of it that’s a problem.
In the same vain, smoking isn’t forbidden according to R Moshe. So they’re not doing anything wrong per se, and your claim that secondhand smoke will kill you just isn’t true. It’s not illegal, it’s not immoral, it won’t kill you, it won’t cause any long-term side effects to be occasionally in the room for someone else smokes. As distasteful as that may be.
Ironically enough, studies show that due to public opinion about secondhand smoke and the lack of public space available for smokers, more and more young children are being exposed to secondhand smoke because their parents smoke at home. Unattended consequences of a liberal mind.
So, please, stop the hyperbole and look at the actual facts. I happen to hate the smell of smoke. I’m actually very sensitive to it. This should be a logical conversation not one based on what you think you know.
Yes, it bothers people. It doesn’t mean it’s wrong to engage in it.
I’m just wondering, do you believe global warming will kill you? According to the CDC…..