Are the same people that are against  'second-hand' smoke as passionate about  other toxins?
371200
Personally, it's not the toxins in second hand smoke that bother me, it's the terrible smell which clings to your clothes and your hair, and for me, triggers my asthma.\n\nIf I'm sitting waiting for a train, and someone comes and sits next to me and just lights up a cigarette, I find it incredibly rude. They show no consideration for other people. I CANNOT be in smokey atmospheres without it triggering an asthma attack......that's my main complaint against it, besides the horrible smell.
479727
Secondhand smoke contains twice as much tar and nicotine per unit volume as does smoke inhaled from a cigarette. It contains 3X as much cancer-causing benzpyrene, 5X as much carbon monoxide, and 50X as much ammonia. Secondhand smoke from pipes and cigars is equally as harmful, if not more so.\n\nSecond hand smoke is a toxic cocktail consisting of poisons and carcinogens. There are over 4000 chemical compounds in second hand smoke; 200 of which are known to be poisonous, and upwards of 60 have been identified as carcinogens.\n\nWhen a cigarette is smoked, about half of the smoke is inhaled / exhaled (mainstream smoke) by the smoker and the other half floats around in the air(sidestream smoke).\n\n No one should be forced to breathe in air tainted with cigarette smoke.
685995
Ha, I like this question!  I think it's easier for people to point out someone elses bad habits or faults than it is for them to be critical of their own!  You'll have that person that goes out drinking and driving drunk all the time and they think there's nothing wrong with that, that they're just having fun but then a smoker lights up infront of them and they say how bad smoking is!  Wish more people thought like you about this!
299259
Who says that the first is ok? You have to be pretty disconnected these days to NOT already know that smoking is bad for you. Smokers know better than anybody what the disadvantages of smoking are. The preachiness they get handed on a near daily basis seems pretty damn ridiculous to me. \n\nI am not a smoker. I've never smoked a cigarrette and never plan to. Every smoker I know tells me to never pick one up - and you know what? Their arguements against smoking are far more convincing than non-smokers. \n\nFor those people who choose to smoke, as long as they smoke outside to prevent secondhand smoke problems, I've got no problem with their habit. They're adults and they've made an informed choice. It's not the choice many of us (including me) would have made, but they have the right to make it. \n\nSo far, society has not made it acceptable to directly harrass obese people in this way. Overweight and obese people ARE discriminated against and put under considerable emotional strain because of their weight - our society puts too much credence on how people look for it to be otherwise. As the epidemic of obesity continues, it may become more common to verbally harrass people who are overweight and obese.
1180900
1 word, money. They dont care about the public's health as long as they have the money. It does actually cause danger to the public who dont smoke, second hand smoke is a killer!
978223
The problem is, the data isn't conclusive. While there are people who have died from lung cancer who never smoked, there are also people who work around smokers all the time (in a bar for example) who are perfectly healthy. So, the question is - were these non-smokers exposed to something else and/or simply, unfortunately, susceptable to developing cancer (because it ran in the family, for example)?
1090745
YES!  I hate cig smoke and the smell of it.  People that smoke should be made to smoke outside away from non-smokers.\nIt's a gross, nasty habit.
978068
sXe people are insane.  They like to think they are better than everyone because they don't like drugs.  Most of the ones I know who claim to be "sXe, omgz!" smoke cigarettes and drink, they just say they're straight edge for the attention.
903970
Yes and no!! Yes because we know they are not REALLY concerned for our health!  No because,as smokers,we KNOW the tax we have to pay,but we CHOOSE to pay it!! So ask yourself,who are the real mugs?? I know I am! The budget is due shortly,yet another increase....................\nmoan......moan........moan!!!!!!\n      *********Just a note************\n As Alchohol levels reach record high, misuse among all age groups is estimated to cost the NHS pounds 1.7bn a year. !!!!\nSo smokers are NOT the only ones!!!!!! How many of you on here, condeming smokers, drink?????????? Hypocritical???????
79077
Well where I live you can smoke in public, and in some restraunts, but, in other states/cities you can't. We are supposed to have this thing called freedom, and the government is starting to take it away. If people don't like second hand smoke, then ask the person to blow the smoke the other way, or move. Not very hard. I am my own person and just because someone says they don't like it doesn't mean i am going to quit!
809012
I am a nonsmoker but I support smoking. Medical tests have shown an increase and that people are more likely but it has not been straight proven. As for the rest it is because we, as Americans, are too concerned with what is trendy. Right now it is trendy not to smoke and to jump on the "let's blame the smokers bandwagon". It's easy.
879840
2nd hand smoke OOOHHH YA!
340114
I hate second hand smoke. Smokers digust me!!!
115639
There is definitely such a thing as secondary smoke, where the smoke from someone else's pipe or whatever gets into the air and the other people in the room breathe a small portion of it.  You should either keep the windows open or smoke outside.  On the other hand, maybe you should share . . .
63326
they're both bad second hand smoke is worse because most people who are inhaling the second hand smoke aren't ususally smokers, so it affects them more. I recently read a dear abby letter that addressed this question. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucda/20060126/lf_ucda/dangerposedbysecondhandsmokeiscalledintoquestion;_ylt=AvRvjRtt.OVVBMI5k8l73bnNbbUC;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--
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The same chemicals that are being sucked in by a smoker are being burned and released into the air as smoke as the cigarette/cigar (etc) is burned. In the case of cigarettes, second-hand smoke can be bad if it is prolonged or very often.  The chemicals are breathed in and can damage the lungs, or can be processed into the bloodstream where they can damage cells.  For people who have asthma or other breathing problems, second-hand smoke can worsen their difficulty breathing.  For infants and young children, second-hand smoke can damage developing lungs and cells, and cause lung or heart problems if severe.
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Well, I agree that there's a lot of hysteria surrounding smoking.  But a lot of it comes from smoking being out of fashion.  And let's not forget--most smokers WON'T die of lung cancer.  They'll die of other diseases only linked to smoking but not actually caused by them.\n\nBut I'm not sure I agree with you about the fast food.  I've seen several groups try to sue fast food chains and, don't forget, the FDA just recently mandated new food labeling laws.\n\nBut, yes, I also agree that in the hysteria, nutrition is often overlooked.  And just look at how obesity is linked to so many diseases, many types of cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, the list just goes on and on.\n\nI'm not sure I answered your questions but thanks for asking them.  They'll give a lot of people something very important to think about.  Best Wishes.