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Old 03-11-2005, 00:22   #984
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Re: smoking and the pub

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Originally Posted by clarie
There was no tangent, you were comparing passive smoking to having to listen to someone else's music, I said that the difference is there are no health implications with the music case. (Except that you then decided it would raise your stress levels, which as I pointed out is nothing compared to the health risks associated with smoking.) It is as simple as that and I genuinely have no desire to discuss it further.
You erroneously stated that raised blood pressure and stress levels were not a health risk, I corrected you.

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Originally Posted by clarie
Well as you and many others are arguing against the nanny state, we won't worry too much about the empty stomachs, as I am sure most adults do not need to be fed by nanny. If people are going to drink irresponsibly they are going to drink irresponsibly.
However it would be a nanny state, a bad nanny who doesn't give her wards the ability to smoke and eat at the same time as drinking.
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