Comments on: How the Smoking Ban is Affecting Vancouverites http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html Vancouver Blog Miss604 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: samantha lowe http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-38911 samantha lowe Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:39:10 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-38911 if smoking affects people then what about cars trucks vans and everything els that polutes the air why is none of that band it should be it is just as bad for peoples health so if smoking affects people then what about cars trucks vans and everything els that polutes the air why is none of that band it should be it is just as bad for peoples health so

]]> By: Caroline Bryant http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-32634 Caroline Bryant Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:37:38 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-32634 i love feisty girls like michelle rodriguez, beautiful woman with lots of action.";; i love feisty girls like michelle rodriguez, beautiful woman with lots of action.”;;

]]> By: Michelle Rodriguez http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6277 Michelle Rodriguez Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:30:06 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6277 I know exactly what you mean. I've been a smoker for decades and although I know it's killing me I don't have the willpower to quit. But I found these new, "healthy" cigarettes that let me get my fix without damaging my lungs. Check out my blog! I know exactly what you mean. I’ve been a smoker for decades and although I know it’s killing me I don’t have the willpower to quit. But I found these new, “healthy” cigarettes that let me get my fix without damaging my lungs. Check out my blog!

]]> By: ex-smoker http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6276 ex-smoker Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:03:56 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6276 Beer N. Hockey: George Woodcock died of smoking. Seriously: Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Beer N. Hockey: George Woodcock died of smoking.
Seriously: Don’t let the door hit your ass on the way out.

]]> By: Tuesday Morning Link Fest: Supernatural BC » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6275 Tuesday Morning Link Fest: Supernatural BC » Vancouver Blog Miss 604 by Rebecca Bollwitt Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:56:21 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6275 [...] As I noted in April, come September 15th those visiting GM Place for games and concerts will not have the option to go out onto the terrace/balcony and smoke. It is now a completely smoke-free facility [News1130]. [...] [...] As I noted in April, come September 15th those visiting GM Place for games and concerts will not have the option to go out onto the terrace/balcony and smoke. It is now a completely smoke-free facility [News1130]. [...]

]]> By: Seriously http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6274 Seriously Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:54:03 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6274 I honestly don't even know where to begin. I have no words for this absolute stupidity. I wonder what the safe level of enhaling car exhaust is, but nobody seems to be too bothered about that. "These laws are really to protect non-smokers from inhaling harmful toxins that they have not wilfully chosen to inhale." How much do you actually inhale if I walk past you with a ciggarette? I cant believe how easily influenced people here are, how willingly they throw themselves in the arms of the government crying, "Please protect us! Please tell us what to do!!" It's like communism, the only difference being people have chosen it to be this way. Nobody thinks for themselves anymore, they've made the govenment's word an all-knowing, worshipped deity who can do no wrong. It is the perfect society for a "Brave New World" or a "1984" system; like sheep, you are slowly being bred and conditioned for this, and you won't even realize it. IT IS NOT the specifics of the smoking ban, (I dont care that much if I cant smoke near a doorway), it is more THE PRINCIPLE of having a ban like this, and the regurgitated arguments people give in favour of it. Screw this, I'm going back to Europe. I honestly don’t even know where to begin. I have no words for this absolute stupidity. I wonder what the safe level of enhaling car exhaust is, but nobody seems to be too bothered about that.

“These laws are really to protect non-smokers from inhaling harmful toxins that they have not wilfully chosen to inhale.”

How much do you actually inhale if I walk past you with a ciggarette? I cant believe how easily influenced people here are, how willingly they throw themselves in the arms of the government crying, “Please protect us! Please tell us what to do!!” It’s like communism, the only difference being people have chosen it to be this way. Nobody thinks for themselves anymore, they’ve made the govenment’s word an all-knowing, worshipped deity who can do no wrong. It is the perfect society for a “Brave New World” or a “1984″ system; like sheep, you are slowly being bred and conditioned for this, and you won’t even realize it. IT IS NOT the specifics of the smoking ban, (I dont care that much if I cant smoke near a doorway), it is more THE PRINCIPLE of having a ban like this, and the regurgitated arguments people give in favour of it.

Screw this, I’m going back to Europe.

]]> By: Killing The Weeds In Vancouver | Discovering The Secrets Of Vancouver http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6273 Killing The Weeds In Vancouver | Discovering The Secrets Of Vancouver Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:56:10 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6273 [...] a look around, it appeared that the weed control section now has taken on the status of cigarettes in Vancouver - nowhere to be [...] [...] a look around, it appeared that the weed control section now has taken on the status of cigarettes in Vancouver – nowhere to be [...]

]]> By: Ben http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6272 Ben Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:56:29 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6272 How about this scenario :- You're all alone on a desert island, the lone survivor of a shipwreck. You see two rowboats coming towards the island. In one boat, we have Winston Churchill and Mark Twain, both smoking cigars. In the other Boat, we have Premier Gordon Campbell and Health minister, George Abbott. There is only enough food on this island to support three people. You have one bullet left in your rifle to sink one of those two rowboats - so, depending on your decision, you are either going to spend the rest of your life with two crashing bores, or two very entertaining, brilliant friends. If you are not presently recovering from a serious hangover, and are fairly in command of your faculties, take a guess at which boat should be sunk. And remember this, you're a non-smoker ... Personally, I'm a big fan of good company. How about this scenario :- You’re all alone on a desert island, the lone survivor of a shipwreck. You see two rowboats coming towards the island. In one boat, we have Winston Churchill and Mark Twain, both smoking cigars. In the other Boat, we have Premier Gordon Campbell and Health minister, George Abbott. There is only enough food on this island to support three people. You have one bullet left in your rifle to sink one of those two rowboats – so, depending on your decision, you are either going to spend the rest of your life with two crashing bores, or two very entertaining, brilliant friends. If you are not presently recovering from a serious hangover, and are fairly in command of your faculties, take a guess at which boat should be sunk. And remember this, you’re a non-smoker …
Personally, I’m a big fan of good company.

]]> By: fred webster http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6271 fred webster Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:11 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6271 It doesn't matter what I do, I can't get my name & email off this page - please tell me why ?? It doesn’t matter what I do, I can’t get my name & email off this page – please tell me why ??

]]> By: fred webster http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6270 fred webster Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:45:10 +0000 http://www.miss604.com/2008/04/how-the-smoking-ban-is-affecting-vancouverites.html#comment-6270 First, they said it's o.k. to smoke in the Legion that I go to, if they build an enclosed, ventilated room. That was done, at a cost to the Legion of about $20,000. Now, they say, sorry, you can't use that smoking room anymore, you have to leave the premises and smoke outside! So there, you will see us, out on the street in front of the pubs & the Legions, mixing our ghastly smoke with the fumes of the hundreds of cars passing by! Makes a lot of sense, eh? The people who rave about the smokers outside don't seem to mind walking the streets breathing in the automobile fumes. Makes me think of Mark Twain, who said "sleepng and eating are the only activities that should prevent a man from enjoying a good cigar" - Hitler was the first person in modern history who banned smoking, so George Abbott would get along just fine with him, but I suspect Mark Twain would rather hang out with us reprobates. First, they said it’s o.k. to smoke in the Legion that I go to, if they build an enclosed, ventilated room. That was done, at a cost to the Legion of about $20,000. Now, they say, sorry, you can’t use that smoking room anymore, you have to leave the premises and smoke outside! So there, you will see us, out on the street in front of the pubs & the Legions, mixing our ghastly smoke with the fumes of the hundreds of cars passing by! Makes a lot of sense, eh? The people who rave about the smokers outside don’t seem to mind walking the streets breathing in the automobile fumes.
Makes me think of Mark Twain, who said “sleepng and eating are the only activities that should prevent a man from enjoying a good cigar” – Hitler was the first person in modern history who banned smoking, so George Abbott would get along just fine with him, but I suspect Mark Twain would rather hang out with us reprobates.

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