29 November 2010
17:5082304Sad but true - but isn't it a relief.......!? I realise this could be read a number of ways...................
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29 November 2010
19:3982322You need more matches Peter !
Roger
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Keith Sansum1
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I speak as a heavy smoker of some 20 years ago
the smoking ban has done a lot of good as the evidence suggests
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It is well known that passive smoking not only makes asthma problems worse but can cause asthma.
Certainly good news that hospital admissions for asthma attacks have reduced considerably since the no smoking ban was introduced, and with less smoking in people's homes.
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DT1- Location: Dover
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Yes, all good news.
But perhaps people quitting because of the price of smoking, has also had a positive effect?
It appears that even Mr Elphicke can no longer afford it:
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/pbc/2010-11/Finance_%28No._4%29_Bill/14-0_2012-06-19a.8.10howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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about 15 years ago a university did a major study on the problem of childhood asthma and it clearly showed that children living close to a busy road were the main sufferers.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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There will always be a divide between smokers/non smokers on this
Of course smokers will always blame others
but smoking is part of the problem of course there are other issues
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Brian Dixon
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i blame both,but saying that i want,no demand a second opinion..thankyou.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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Smokers(most)will blame it on anything other than smoker related
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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so youre beating the the good non smoker drum then kieth.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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post 48 says otherwise brian
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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maybe so kieth,but you dont now.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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enjoy your fags brian
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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i will kieth,enjoy yours to.
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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So its fair to say smoking contributes to bad health
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So its fair to say smoking contributes to bad health - even death !
Roger
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As far as governments (who run the treasury) are concerned, people do not and cannot get ill or die of traffic pollution.
Hospitals and clinics will not mention traffic pollution, nor will schools, as they depend on State censorship.
People who campaign against smoking will categorically ignore the issue of traffic pollution, because they drive their chemical-polluting vehicles everyday through the public streets poisoning people. End of.
Indeed, my suspicion is that many illnesses and premature deaths caused by traffic pollution are put down to smoking cigarettes, or to passive smoking.
We're talking of State-propaganda, because the treasury heavily depends on petrol tax and other vehicle-related incomes.
Either that , or I must be imagining things when I get grips in the lungs when walking along London Road.
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I have tried to keep a balanced view, but as i said in earlier posts, those that smoke will try to put up a smoke screen(excuse the pun lol) none of it being the smokers fault
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Alexander, I know it has been mentioned before, but a few years ago, there was a Neighbourhood Forum meeting at the Town Council and a chap from the Health Protection Agency got up and said that there is no danger of becoming ill from the pollution from trucks - unless you were within 6 feet.
Pollution does not build up and because it dissipates quite quickly, it is not a problem.
Roger