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XVP:Second Hand Smoke...More Dangerous Than You Think!

#1

The following are two brief quotes from a article published last year.
The link to the full article is below. The conclusions are shocking,
and pertinent to anyone who spends time in casinos.

Perhaps this will motivate more casino patrons to lobby for decent non-
smoking playing conditions.

"Secondhand smoke is even worse than we thought," said co-researcher
Stanton A. Glantz, a professor of medicine at the University of
California, San Francisco. "It increases the risk for an acute coronary
event like a heart attack or long-term development of atherosclerosis,"

"Chronic exposure to secondhand smoke is about 80 percent as
deleterious to health as being a pack-a-day smoker", Glantz said. "The
cardiovascular system is exquisitely sensitive to the toxins of
secondhand cigarette smoke. Most of the toxic effects of secondhand
smoke occur within five minutes of exposure,"

http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=525841

#2

Excellent reference. I hope the casino employee unions take note and
press even harder to change the environment they are forced to work
almost every day.

Dick

The following are two brief quotes from a article published last

year.

The link to the full article is below. The conclusions are

shocking,

and pertinent to anyone who spends time in casinos.

Perhaps this will motivate more casino patrons to lobby for decent

non-

smoking playing conditions.

"Secondhand smoke is even worse than we thought," said co-researcher
Stanton A. Glantz, a professor of medicine at the University of
California, San Francisco. "It increases the risk for an acute

coronary

event like a heart attack or long-term development of

atherosclerosis,"

"Chronic exposure to secondhand smoke is about 80 percent as
deleterious to health as being a pack-a-day smoker", Glantz

said. "The

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cardiovascular system is exquisitely sensitive to the toxins of
secondhand cigarette smoke. Most of the toxic effects of secondhand
smoke occur within five minutes of exposure,"

http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=525841

#3

thymos_one wrote:

The following are two brief quotes from a article published last

year.

The link to the full article is below. The conclusions are shocking,
and pertinent to anyone who spends time in casinos.

Perhaps this will motivate more casino patrons to lobby for decent
non- smoking playing conditions.
http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=525841

Counterpoint:

http://www.forces.org/writers/kjono/files/i901b-1.htm

Some of it is a bit dry, but it's important to see both sides of the
coin.

  --Brett

#4

Reminds me of a classic Timothy Leary quote about anti-drug
crusaders: "LSD is so powerful that it has been known to cause insanity
in people who don't use it."

If a scientist performs a study and is open to whatever result he
finds, that's one thing. If he has any sort of agenda, causing him to
favor one result over another (i.e, if he WANTS to reach a particular
conclusion), then there's cause to be suspicious of the findings.

Stuart (RandomStu)
http://home.comcast.net/~sresnick2/mypage.htm

#5

Dr. Glantz has very good credentials and his work is supported by many. The simple chemical equations from smoke have so many harmful chemicals that you wouldn't allow around you under other conditions.

Stuart <sresnick2@comcast.net> wrote: Reminds me of a classic Timothy Leary quote about anti-drug
crusaders: "LSD is so powerful that it has been known to cause insanity
in people who don't use it."

If a scientist performs a study and is open to whatever result he
finds, that's one thing. If he has any sort of agenda, causing him to
favor one result over another (i.e, if he WANTS to reach a particular
conclusion), then there's cause to be suspicious of the findings.

Stuart (RandomStu)
http://home.comcast.net/~sresnick2/mypage.htm

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