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Originally Posted by SMHarman
Perhaps we should let people drive with cellphones in their hands. No need for seatbelts either, or speed limits or MOT tests, can't adults make up their own mind as to what is safe?
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The difference in the analogies being, of course, that andygrif mooted his analogy on the basis that people were totally aware of the environment and risk involved in a mutually acceptable confluence.
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Originally Posted by SMHarman
Smoking and passive smoking have been shown to cause cancer, not just a casual link just like wearing a seatbelt has been shown to save lives. A government has a responsibility to try and effect that change on a nation.
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As indeed have oral sex and exposure to sunlight - Have either of those been banned?
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Originally Posted by SMHarman
What can be said is there is an almost mathamatically impossible positive corrolation between smoking and lung cancer. That cannot be ignored.
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Whilst it "cannot be ignored" it can be irrelevant in the greater scheme of things.
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Any statistics bell curve. Your 1 and cancer at 40 and your 40 / 90 are extremes that are statistically discounted from the population.
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Not so. Lung cancer is the second biggest cancer form in the UK - the biggest being breast cancer. Take the population by gender per head and subtract the non smokers and you'll find that having t*ts or being a "lady" are a bigger risk than passive smoking.
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There are exceptions to most rules and generalisations.
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Yes, I think I've pointed that out above.