Anti Smoke Laws Unfair Or Fair?

By Todd Lloyd
The anti smoke laws that are being put into law are increasing in number everyday. The effects of the law will be examined a little later. But you probably already know that second hand smoke is deadly. Not only to innocent bystanders but to the environment, your pets, and of course yourself.

It can be argued that the smoker has a better chance at not getting lung cancer, COPD (smokers cough) and such like because of the filtered cigarettes. That is malarkey. The filters on these cigarettes are nothing more than tightly bound toilet paper. Sure it may trap a few particles and carcinogens here and there. But, you'll likely develop some components of smokers disease. Whether its the productive cough, dried up lips and leather like skin or stained teeth. These are all merely precursors of what is underlying the diagnosis of the disease.

When my goes out to dinner, one of the most irritating things is for us to find the right restaurant and sit down to order. No sooner that 7 minutes later, my wife's lungs begin to twitch. We've got a rule now. Whenever we go out to eat or do anything, if the establishment is not smoke free we leave.

We developed this rule after she had to go to the emergency department for an asthma exacerbation. Whenever her asthma flares, my daughters asthma generally has a lagged response.

I am in favor of the anti smoke laws. Even though part of me sides with the business owners that argue this infringes on their ability to do a fair trade. This may or may not tip the hands in favor of your competitor. Yet the fact remains that you would not have a business without customers which are people. Protecting the rights of some while harming the health of others should not be a question of debate. You do what is right for the good of all. Which in this case is health. Without your health you have nothing in this life.

The jury is still out on whether these anti smoke laws will be effective or not. Some time down the road we may look at the long term health and mortality studies and conclude that these laws were just the right thing. Now this may or may not encourage some people to quit smoking. The choice is still up to them. But in the mean time as they come to some resolution within themselves, we should not be harmed by their liberties.

Most people can quit smoking today and save a ton of money. If you quit now you could take that $5 bucks a day you spend on smokes and go to Jamaica for $1800 bucks. Quitting is simple once you know how. CBT is a highly successful method involving Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. You can read a resource and get started today...

Todd D. Lloyd is a consumers health advocate the publishes the best eLetter about stop smoking tools. Get your free copy by sending an email to anti smoke laws You can view his blog about stop smoking tools to help quit today.

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