You already tried to deny that second hand smoke hurts others (and it's rude too).
You or others compared smoking to car exhausts, well I've got news to you, you're not allowed to have a car running inside a room either, much less inside another person's room (yours is allowed if you're suicidal) because, guess what, its "smoke" (exhausts) hurts too. So does cigar smoke.
You can do it all you want to yourself, just not around me or others. It's that simple. Use cannabis too, I don't care. It should all be legal and taxed instead of crime controled. It should be regulated.
That study you linked says:
"...did not take into account other potential costs of obesity and smoking, such as lost economic productivity or social costs."
So it's worthless.
In fact there was a scandal some years ago about East Block countries being counseled to let their population smoke to keep down health costs. And it was proven that that study was not only inhumaine, but also fraudulent. Guess what the Cigar lobby was once strong. It still is. They used to advertise some cigars as medical ffs. Look it up if you're too young.
The other point is that if people can live healthier and longer lives then we can increase the productivity limits (when you get pension for example). There's all sorts of things we can do, but you just want to die before you're 60...
The other common thing people do is complain about statistics. They say "smoking gives you lung cancer but my father lived to be 90 and died on a hunting accident". Or stuff like that. It's just stories to make the "bad" go away and feel good inside. The statistics are very real and obvious to anyone without bias.
My post isn't directed to you, but in general to all the pro smoking posters here.
Why is it so hard to understand that you got an addiction and we're treating you like an addict. We don't want to force you to stop smoking, we want to help you. But in the mean time you can only smoke alone, you cannot violate my personal freedoms by blowing smoke in my face or in my room/house. That includes public places too. Go to your room, or the park or the beach, though even in those places your smoke is bound to annoy some people who don't like to even smell it or have kids around. And it's their right to give you the "evil eye", don't feel self-righteous about it. You're not doing anything important, smoking isn't cool, only addicts see it that way. Confirmation Bias. Also a bit of Duning Kruger...
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