“Pro-smoking section”
http://www.forces.org/
FORCES is an “organization dedicated to stopping the anti-smoking agenda in whatever form it may take. FORCES fights ordinances and restrictions on the issue of smoking.” One of their claims is that the air on smoking flights is healthier than the air on non-smoking flights: “A plus for all travelers on such flights is that the air cabin quality would, despite the smoke, be much more healthy than that offered on nonsmoking flights. The airlines admit they reduced air circulation as soon as they were ordered to forbid smoking.” However more air circulation does not mean the air is healthier if there are carcinogens floating around. It actually means you will be exposed to more harmful smoke-filled air as it circulates around the plane faster.
Another claim made by FORCES is that non-smoking bars do not improve the health of bar workers: “The headline states that bar workers' health is improving after Ireland banned smoking. The body of the story, however, says no such thing. The Office of Tobacco Control merely finds that tobacco smoke has been removed from the air. Since secondhand smoke has never been shown to harm anyone's health getting rid of a harmless substance cannot ever be shown to improve health.” Obviously they are completely wrong. Second hand smoke has been proven by countless studies to be harmful to ones health, especially non-smokers.
http://www.fujipub.com/fot/
Friends of Tobacco is a “grass-roots organization dedicated to preserving an essential part of America's history and future.” FOT cites a World Health Organization study, which was never published, claiming that there is no link between passive smoking or second hand smoke and lung cancer: “The study is one of the largest ever to look at the link between passive smoking - or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) - and lung cancer, and had been eagerly awaited by medical experts and anti-tobacco groups. Yet, scientists have found that there was no statistical evidence that passive smoking caused lung cancer. Spread the word.” However they do not cite any information from the study and ask its website viewers to “spread the word” about false information. They offer no proof and discount many other studies, like FORCES, that show a link between second hand smoke and cancer.
FORCES is an “organization dedicated to stopping the anti-smoking agenda in whatever form it may take. FORCES fights ordinances and restrictions on the issue of smoking.” One of their claims is that the air on smoking flights is healthier than the air on non-smoking flights: “A plus for all travelers on such flights is that the air cabin quality would, despite the smoke, be much more healthy than that offered on nonsmoking flights. The airlines admit they reduced air circulation as soon as they were ordered to forbid smoking.” However more air circulation does not mean the air is healthier if there are carcinogens floating around. It actually means you will be exposed to more harmful smoke-filled air as it circulates around the plane faster.
Another claim made by FORCES is that non-smoking bars do not improve the health of bar workers: “The headline states that bar workers' health is improving after Ireland banned smoking. The body of the story, however, says no such thing. The Office of Tobacco Control merely finds that tobacco smoke has been removed from the air. Since secondhand smoke has never been shown to harm anyone's health getting rid of a harmless substance cannot ever be shown to improve health.” Obviously they are completely wrong. Second hand smoke has been proven by countless studies to be harmful to ones health, especially non-smokers.
http://www.fujipub.com/fot/
Friends of Tobacco is a “grass-roots organization dedicated to preserving an essential part of America's history and future.” FOT cites a World Health Organization study, which was never published, claiming that there is no link between passive smoking or second hand smoke and lung cancer: “The study is one of the largest ever to look at the link between passive smoking - or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) - and lung cancer, and had been eagerly awaited by medical experts and anti-tobacco groups. Yet, scientists have found that there was no statistical evidence that passive smoking caused lung cancer. Spread the word.” However they do not cite any information from the study and ask its website viewers to “spread the word” about false information. They offer no proof and discount many other studies, like FORCES, that show a link between second hand smoke and cancer.
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