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I was surprised this debate is still going on. So I looked up some history for the fun of it. See below for some historical tid bits just for a little trivia fun. To this day it is improper to smoke a pipe in the presence of the Queen of England. Pliny the Elder was a physician in Pompeii circa 79 A.D. He had people smoke coltsfoot through a reed to fix chronic cough. He was killed for it. Sir Walter Raleigh (a missionary) popularized...

Sick and Tired wrote: I was surprised this debate is still going on. So I looked up some history for the fun of it. See below for some historical tid bits just for a little trivia fun. To this day it is improper to smoke a pipe in the presence of the Queen of England. Pliny the Elder was a physician in Pompeii circa 79 A.D. He had people smoke coltsfoot through a reed to fix chronic cough. He was killed for it. Sir Walter Raleigh (a...

Eric_Johnson wrote: <quoted text> ETS = Environmental Tobacco Smoke, also known as SHS =(Second-Hand Smoke). The act of involuntarily breathing this smoke is known as 'passive smoking'. There are over 100 peer-reviewed independent studies that show ETS causes death and disease in non-smokers. A fact recognized by the World Health Organization, all doctors and surgeons tobacco companies, The Surgeon General and...

Sick and Tired wrote: I was surprised this debate is still going on. So I looked up some history for the fun of it. See below for some historical tid bits just for a little trivia fun. To this day it is improper to smoke a pipe in the presence of the Queen of England. Pliny the Elder was a physician in Pompeii circa 79 A.D. He had people smoke coltsfoot through a reed to fix chronic cough. He was killed for it. Sir Walter Raleigh (a...

* nothing in it except the filter on the end. No tobacco (the thing puts that into it)

-LMS- wrote: <quoted text> Actually I heard at a gas station the other day from a lady that just moved up here from one of the states down south and she said that the price of a carton was in the teens but she said that you are only allowed to bring a certain number of cartons across state lines. I want to say that she said like 3 cartons per person in the vehicle but don't quote me on that. Have you heard anything about...

-LMS- wrote: <quoted text> Actually I heard at a gas station the other day from a lady that just moved up here from one of the states down south and she said that the price of a carton was in the teens but she said that you are only allowed to bring a certain number of cartons across state lines. I want to say that she said like 3 cartons per person in the vehicle but don't quote me on that. Have you heard anything about...

Cure 4 Cancer wrote: (...continued...) <quoted text> It's worth the drive for all the money you save. If you smoke a pack a day, and you get 15 cartons on your trip, you only have to go about twice per year ;) And you save almost half (Think about how much that comes out to!) Actually I heard at a gas station the other day from a lady that just moved up here from one of the states down south and she said that the price of a...

Smoke Free wrote: <quoted text> Only 20% of the population smokes so that means 80% of the population doesn't. If I was a Bar owner I'd be targeting the larger population, it's Economics 101. Whay are bans needed then? They should already be targeting the 80% if they choose to. Some would target the 20% but most would target the 80%.

xsmoker2 wrote: <quoted text> Excuse me miss. Are you not the one who just quit? That alone does not make you a nonsmoker. It makes you a person who stopped smoking and may or may not restart and most likely hated to quit. I am a nonsmoker. I quit decades ago. I was a tad bit smarter than you. Why be so defensive? You must be hell to live with. Typical Anti smoker response... condescending, arrogant, and, insulting. Well you...