It Will Never Stop - Now There is Third Hand Smoke

[Hypersomniac]

Smell of tobacco and grilled meat fairly common at a Cal tailgate.

If God didn't want us to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat!

[Orion21]

Oh boi

I mean the Urban Dictionary is amusing and all but fantastically pro-choice and anti-meat? Ha. Ok man. Wake me up after you visit the place and actually communicate with people.

Smell of tobacco and grilled meat fairly common at a Cal tailgate.

It's all in jest brother. I thought the smilies and "it's all in good fun" comment would have been clear enough I have been going to the Bay for over a decade and visit in excess of 5 times a year. All of my wife's family went to CAL and I have visited the campus many times for games, graduations and parties. It's not at all like it's portrayed until the special interests group get involved and make it so. But you have to admit the tree hugger who planted himself up in the redwood a couple of years back to protest the stadium expansion was a pretty good example of the "stereotypes."

[khomeinist]

Oh. I'm not offended. Just fun to talk about Cal and your toothless ideological homies.

Obviously Telegraph Ave is full of nutjobs but there is only one Bezerkeley. Would you like sprouts with your seitan?

[StumpyJoe]

Yes, third-hand smoke. People believe it because they lack common sense.

Just for fun, for the last five years, I've started so many conversations with' "did you hear about the latest study? They say broccoli causes cancer!"

Not one person has told me that I'm an idiot to believe it before I tell them that there is no such study...then I tell them if they start off with, "did you hear about the latest study." And add any absurd idea, people will always ask, "really?"

[Blakes]

Prohibition is coming - stock up, folks!!

... and what a successful history that has!

[Lotusguy]

... and what a successful history that has!

I fear they learned from the first go around and make it more effective

[DrunkenMonkey]

... and what a successful history that has!

It was successful the first time around; did exactly what it was meant to do. Try telling Al Capone that prohibition was a failure. It was only a failure for freedom.

[khamy]

Eh what?

Sorry got sidetracked with this link on the page:

http://www.weblyest...._source=taboola

And another unicorn is born! Hoo Ra

[PaulP]

If prohibited, how will the politicians make up for all that lost tobacco tax money?

[Orion21]

Since when have politicians had a problem making up new ways to tax people? This is not a tax revenue issue it's an ideological issue. And now that all the major governments of the world are in the healthcare business they will feel it's their duty to stamp out tobacco. Remember, because use lemmings are too stupid to make our own decisions...

[DurandoBob]

The real danger (either first, second or third hand) is not the tobacco ... it is the toxic chemicals cigarette companies use to trigger addiction.

[CurtisEss]

You know how everyone in the world is at least everyone else's 2000th cousin? Perhaps we have all breathed each other's 2000th hand smoke...

[Professor Twain]

There are likely risks from second hand smoke, but skeptical scientists have stood up against this unproven concept of third hand smoke damaging health

http://rodutobaccotruth.blogspot.com/2010/02/thirdhand-smoke-cancer-hysteria.html

http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/05/new-study-warns-of-dangers-of-thirdhand.html

I follow both of these blogs. They are produced by professors and researchers who study the public health effects of tobacco, and who are particularly interested in "harm reduction", e.g. ways for cigarette smokers to reduce their health risks. Unfortunately they don't write much about cigars. Both stand up against unfounded statements about the harmful effects of tobacco.

[laficion]

?? You say WHAT ??