I'm Addicted to Second-Hand Smoke
So it's been a little while since I've posted anything here, and anything significant will be another day or so away, but right now I just wanted to review one thing.
I'm a smoker. Almost everyone I know is or was a smoker. And as a smoker, I get shit all the time from non-smokers complaining about my shit. I know I've gone over this already a few weeks ago(Smoke Banshee), but that shit still pisses me off. Why the fuck do non-smokers think their rights supercede mine? As I said before, tobacco is a COMPLETELY LEGAL product. Furthermore, once again, there is ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that second-hand smoke is harmful in any significant way.
The only reason people think second-hand smoke is harmful is because of a BULLSHIT EPA report that stated "3000 deaths a year are attributable to second-hand smoke inhalation." Yet what these people FAIL to know is that the EPA's report was THROWN OUT IN FEDERAL COURT, because it was found that they "cherry-picked data to reach a pre-determined conclusion." I quote that directly from the court's findings. Meaning that some dickhead at the EPA had a hair up his(or her) ass about smokers and decided to LIE about it to try and force smokers out into the street.
What else do anti-second-hand smoke advocates cite as their "evidence?" A World Health Organization(WHO) press release stating that "there is ABSOLUTELY a connection between [second-hand smoke] and tobacco-related health issues." And yet the ACTUAL report that the press release was for stated that, and I quote, "The connection between [second-hand smoke] and tobacco-related health issues is statistically insignificant." Hear that? STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT. And what exactly does "statistically insignificant" mean? A non-smoker's likelihood of developing a serious respiratory illness is roughly 10 in a million. A non-smoker who is regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, his likelihood of developing a serious respiratory illness is 12.5 in a million. If that math is too complicated for you, the difference between those numbers is 2.5. Two and a half! And this is DIRECTLY from the WHO's study.
Even ignoring all that, here's something that ANY idiot should be able to figure out : Nicotine, the primary addictive agent in tobacco, is one of, if not THE MOST addictive substances on the planet. I assure you, this is an indisputable scientific fact, proven hundreds of times over by dozens of unconnected organizations. So if nicotine is so addictive, and these pricks are breathing in so much smoke, WHY THE FUCK AREN'T THEY ADDICTED TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE?! Think about it. We're talking about a substance that's as or more addictive than cocaine. As or more addictive than herion. People are getting cancer and shit from second-hand smoke, and yet they're NOT addicted to it? C'mon! It takes a heavy smoker DECADES to even BEGIN to see the harmful effects of it, and yet people who are just in the same room with smoke are getting sick and dying? Bullshit. And even if they are, just think of it as Darwinism at work. The weak fall by the wayside, that's just how life works, so fuck 'em. And if you're one of the assholes I'm talking about, you know who you are, fuck you too. I'll be coming to a bar or restaurant near you soon, and I don't give a SHIT about your lungs, your grandmother, OR your fuckin' baby.
I'm a smoker. Almost everyone I know is or was a smoker. And as a smoker, I get shit all the time from non-smokers complaining about my shit. I know I've gone over this already a few weeks ago(Smoke Banshee), but that shit still pisses me off. Why the fuck do non-smokers think their rights supercede mine? As I said before, tobacco is a COMPLETELY LEGAL product. Furthermore, once again, there is ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that second-hand smoke is harmful in any significant way.
The only reason people think second-hand smoke is harmful is because of a BULLSHIT EPA report that stated "3000 deaths a year are attributable to second-hand smoke inhalation." Yet what these people FAIL to know is that the EPA's report was THROWN OUT IN FEDERAL COURT, because it was found that they "cherry-picked data to reach a pre-determined conclusion." I quote that directly from the court's findings. Meaning that some dickhead at the EPA had a hair up his(or her) ass about smokers and decided to LIE about it to try and force smokers out into the street.
What else do anti-second-hand smoke advocates cite as their "evidence?" A World Health Organization(WHO) press release stating that "there is ABSOLUTELY a connection between [second-hand smoke] and tobacco-related health issues." And yet the ACTUAL report that the press release was for stated that, and I quote, "The connection between [second-hand smoke] and tobacco-related health issues is statistically insignificant." Hear that? STATISTICALLY INSIGNIFICANT. And what exactly does "statistically insignificant" mean? A non-smoker's likelihood of developing a serious respiratory illness is roughly 10 in a million. A non-smoker who is regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, his likelihood of developing a serious respiratory illness is 12.5 in a million. If that math is too complicated for you, the difference between those numbers is 2.5. Two and a half! And this is DIRECTLY from the WHO's study.
Even ignoring all that, here's something that ANY idiot should be able to figure out : Nicotine, the primary addictive agent in tobacco, is one of, if not THE MOST addictive substances on the planet. I assure you, this is an indisputable scientific fact, proven hundreds of times over by dozens of unconnected organizations. So if nicotine is so addictive, and these pricks are breathing in so much smoke, WHY THE FUCK AREN'T THEY ADDICTED TO SECOND-HAND SMOKE?! Think about it. We're talking about a substance that's as or more addictive than cocaine. As or more addictive than herion. People are getting cancer and shit from second-hand smoke, and yet they're NOT addicted to it? C'mon! It takes a heavy smoker DECADES to even BEGIN to see the harmful effects of it, and yet people who are just in the same room with smoke are getting sick and dying? Bullshit. And even if they are, just think of it as Darwinism at work. The weak fall by the wayside, that's just how life works, so fuck 'em. And if you're one of the assholes I'm talking about, you know who you are, fuck you too. I'll be coming to a bar or restaurant near you soon, and I don't give a SHIT about your lungs, your grandmother, OR your fuckin' baby.
