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In article <34D7D091.1D6F@gecm.com>, Nigel Gale  <nigel.gale@gecm.com> wrote:
>Terese wrote:
>> [...]
>> But stop the insane hysteria of second-hand smoke.
Excuse me?

Second-hand smoke is shown to cause elevated levels of disease and
death  in non-smokers, especially children and old folks. Constant
exposure, as in around a smoker, is shown to be quite bad for you,
like a low level of smoking. Furthermore, nicotine inhaled second-hand
is shown to affect the connectivity of the brain in small people.

>This phrase, taken literally, implies that second-hand smokers are
>suffering
>"hysterical" (i.e. psycho-somatic) symptoms resulting from the stress
>that
>they suffer as a result of inhaling second hand smoke *plus* awareness
>of the 
>storm of ill-informed publicity surrounding the subject.
Well, somewhat true, I'm sure. Some people always overreact.

>Hmm. Interesting. 
>I can believe it.
>Probably not what you meant, though.
Not what I read either.

Secondhand smoke is shown to be bad for people. Period. So I can't see any
reason to permit unwilling exposure.
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