Smoke Free Sections Do Not Protect Enough

According to Richard Carmona, Surgeon General, designated smoking sections do not protect enough. He reports that there is overwhelming scientific evidence that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease, and other illnesses.

I've been reading about cigarettes and found that the tobacco is treated chemically, so they do not "go out" if left unattended for a minute or two. Chemicals are added to the tobacco on the grounds that the nuisance involved in having to relight a cigarette every few minutes would ruin sales. The chemicals that are added allows the tobacco to smolder indefinitely; thus producing a fire hazard along with the many proven health hazards.

The diseases that are linked to smoking tobacco cigarettes are inflammation and thrombosis of arteries and veins in the hands and feet. This disease is called Buerger's disease and is more prevalent in Israel, Japan, and India than in the United States and Europe. Men in Bangladesh are more apt to get Buerger's disease from smoking raw tobacco. Buerger's disease is rarely fatal, but amputation is common due to vascular insufficiency.

In this country illness from tobacco could be called native American revenge. Just think about it in 1492 a native American handed an explorer, an immigrate a piece of tobacco and much as human kind has been hooked ever since.

Tobacco is a major crop in the South and the farmers will continue to grow it as long as there is a demand for it. I wonder that if the demand for cigarettes ever goes down if tobacco couldn't be fermented and burned in the car? Interesting thought? Would the flumes cause lung cancer? Would your tailpipe smoke? :)

Maybe farmers could grow corn in place of tobacco to make more ethanol as the demand for it increases. Just a thought!

What is sad to me is that most of the people who smoke cigarettes are in the state of denial with usually without healthy insurance. This in itself puts a burden on the tax payers.

Now it makes sense to me why we have always had the FTA (firearms, tobacco and alcohol bureau in Washington). Does it still exists? I'll have to research.

Amazingly enough through the years even while medical doctors were posted in cigarettes ads to claim that is how they started their days - with a healthy cigarette.

Even when I was a kid I wondered why the government had tobacco included in the FTA. Because it's dangerous and can kill like firearms and alcohol? This tells me the government always knew that cigarette were unheathly. Well, think about it! It doesn't need to take a Rhodes scholar to figure out that inhaling smoke is not good for you; just ask any fireman?

The government and big business is not looking out for the people's safety or health; but only looking for ways to make a profit and keep the stockholders happy.

And if they run into a bad year why just cut corners and work the books