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04-21-2011, 11:38 AM #1I'm CEO, Bitch! ADMINISTRATOR
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CDC: Entire U.S. Will Have Non-Smoking Laws by 2020
CDC: Entire U.S. Will Have Non-Smoking Laws by 2020
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Thursday said that if smoking-ban laws in the U.S. keep up at the rate they have been going for the past 10 years, the entire nation will have heavy restrictions on smoking by 2020—or sooner.
More than half of all states have laws against smoking in places that are major sources of secondhand smoke, like indoor areas of private sector worksites, restaurants and bars. In just the past 10 years, 25 states have jumped on the non-smoking bandwagon.
"Eliminating smoking from worksites, restaurants and bars is a low-cost, high-impact strategy that will protect nonsmokers and allow them to live healthier, longer, more productive lives while lowering health care costs associated with secondhand smoke," Thomas R. Frieden, CDC director said in a press release. "While there has been a lot of progress over the past decade, far too many Americans continue to be exposed to secondhand smoke at their workplaces, increasing their risk of cancer and heart attacks."
Despite the increase in these laws, more than 88 million non-smokers in the U.S. older than 3 years of age are exposed to secondhand smoke each year, according to the press release. In 2010, a surgeon general's report reported that no level of exposure to tobacco smoke is safe, and can lead to organ damage. It can also negatively affect your DNA.
"Secondhand smoke is responsible for 46,000 heart disease deaths and 3,400 lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers each year," Ursula Bauer, director of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said in a press release. "Completely prohibiting smoking in all public places and workplaces is the only way to fully protect nonsmokers from secondhand smoke exposure."
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04-21-2011, 12:45 PM #2Metrosexual ELITE MEMBER
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04-21-2011, 12:58 PM #3YOU ME WE ELITE MEMBER
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agreed......
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04-21-2011, 03:26 PM #6Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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I can't understand why the government can't force the tobacco industry to stop putting the carcinogens in their products. it's not the tobacco that causes cancer it's the chemical additives.
if I stood on a street corner selling asbestos I'm pretty sure my operation would get shutdown in a matter of hours...I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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04-21-2011, 04:11 PM #9Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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I'm pretty sure it's the chemical additives that make people "super addicted" to cigarettes and I'm sure also extends the shelf-life, etc. like most others.
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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04-21-2011, 09:00 PM #10.45 ACP rules!
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When they've all but shut down the tobacco industry what are they going to tax to make up for the shortfall?
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04-21-2011, 09:08 PM #11Is Doin It 4 Da Shorteez
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reduced tax receipts from big tobacco would probably be made it in reduced health care costs
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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Not a big smoker, so this news doesn't bother me.
A banishment on drinking however, I will not tolerate.
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This will never happen, They have been saying this for 20 years. Its all about the money, and how will they replace the taxes on the cigarette companies? As sad as it sounds the goverment needs cigarette smokers.
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They'll find a way. Originally Posted by custom
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04-22-2011, 01:02 PM #15Sssssssssssssss
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agreed Originally Posted by LAM
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04-22-2011, 03:07 PM #16Registered Abuser
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On a side note, Marijuana legalized in 2020.
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Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts
I train differently than most, my beef is with gravity the weights on the bar are just the medium...Thanks to Wall Street your slice of the American Pie has been reduced to a crumb.
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