What do you think about smoking? Mon, February 1, 2010
OTTAWA -- This story reads like Don Quixote tilting at windmills, only instead of windmills Mike Kennedy has been taking a run at government bureaucrats and public-health officials.
He has been fighting for eight years. Fought the City of Ottawa when it came in with its no-smoking bylaw. Then the province of Ontario, when the Smoke-Free Ontario Act came into effect in 2006.
It’s the province he’s still fighting with, in a story that took an interesting turn last week. It may also be the funniest tilting-at-windmill story that Kennedy has.
Both alcohol and cig's are politically designed for control Why stop them? After all, they pay most of the tax's! I'm so sick of Canadian sheep who have their heads so far up the shepherd's ass, they never question anything.
Judy West, 2010-09-19 14:56:11
10 points for Catie, 2010-03-09 17:06:34.
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-04-14 13:04:57
Drinking is a dirty, filthy habit which kills far too many people before their time. Its expensive, addictive, and linked to organised crime. It costs the taxpayers of this country far too much money in health care costs, and skews priorities for its adherents. Just take a walk down to the local food bank, and poll the clients. Probably 80% are drinkers. They can't afford food, but somehow the money's always there for beer.
Why not ban it as well!
TCR, 2010-03-28 22:33:00
smokers, tell me the difference between the lady in this article (clif notes; wieghs 600lbs wants to weigh 1000lbs cause she loves to eat)
different country, no matter, your a drain on society, if not now, later.
beakie, 2010-03-16 17:18:05
What do you think about smoking? Well it is a very harmful addiction pure and simple.
A smoking addiction means a person has formed an uncontrollable dependence on cigarettes to the point where stopping smoking would cause severe emotional, mental, or physical reactions.
Everyone knows that smoking is harmful and addictive, but few people realize just how risky and addictive it is.
Chances are that about one in three smokers who do not stop will eventually die because of their smoking. Some will die in their 40s, others will die later. On average, they will die 10 to 15 years earlier than they would have died from other causes.
Most smokers want to stop and do indeed try, but only one in three succeeds in stopping permanently before age 60. By this time, much harm may have been done to the body - some of it irreversible.
Diefenbaker, 2010-03-13 08:42:50
tweetypie, 2010-03-08 18:04:41
What a surprise you missed the point of his post. But just keep posting LIES LIES LIES MrsB sixteen sock puppets and counting, you really need the attention. Take BB off the charger, put it in the tub and have an electrifying time.
paul, 2010-03-12 16:32:38
there it goes ASSUMING again;
"Cant believe beekii thinks smokers dont start forest fires
EH?"
again, just another lie, brought on by an overly active imagination obsessed with lying.
poor liar.
anyway, smokers, either quit smoking, or quit crying about the rules imposed to keep those of us who don't smoke away from your filth.
beakie, 2010-03-12 12:14:44
SMOKING ROCKS!
dizzle, 2010-03-10 16:40:12
Well I've been smoke free for a month now, and loving it.
Food is starting to taste better, things smell better, my skin and hair look better, the changes are amazing, wish I had quit sooner.
With the money we didn't spend on "smokes", we treated ourselves to some new clothes. Some of our old clothes still smelled like smoke regardless of how much we put them through the wash.
I still defend a person's right to choose to smoke.
I refuse to be one of those self righteous, reformed "NON" smokers.
However, I also defend the smoking bylaws, I lived by those standards even before they became bylaws.
I do not think smokers have the right to inflict their habit upon those that don't smoke.
I get outraged when I see someone smoking in a car with children present,even when I was a smoker this angered me.
Catie, 2010-03-09 17:06:34
Beekee, smokers do start forest fires. Ask paul, he is not to far from the huge fire near barriere that was started by a smoker.In fact he is not too far from the Falkland fire also started by a smoker. He knows the truth. Cant believe beekii thinks smokers dont start forest fires
What do you think about smoking?
Judy West, 2010-09-19 14:56:11
Jay from Ottawa, 2010-04-14 13:04:57
Why not ban it as well!
TCR, 2010-03-28 22:33:00
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589377,00.html?test=faces
different country, no matter, your a drain on society, if not now, later.
beakie, 2010-03-16 17:18:05
A smoking addiction means a person has formed an uncontrollable dependence on cigarettes to the point where stopping smoking would cause severe emotional, mental, or physical reactions.
Everyone knows that smoking is harmful and addictive, but few people realize just how risky and addictive it is.
Chances are that about one in three smokers who do not stop will eventually die because of their smoking. Some will die in their 40s, others will die later. On average, they will die 10 to 15 years earlier than they would have died from other causes.
Most smokers want to stop and do indeed try, but only one in three succeeds in stopping permanently before age 60. By this time, much harm may have been done to the body - some of it irreversible.
Diefenbaker, 2010-03-13 08:42:50
What a surprise you missed the point of his post. But just keep posting LIES LIES LIES MrsB sixteen sock puppets and counting, you really need the attention. Take BB off the charger, put it in the tub and have an electrifying time.
paul, 2010-03-12 16:32:38
"Cant believe beekii thinks smokers dont start forest fires
EH?"
again, just another lie, brought on by an overly active imagination obsessed with lying.
poor liar.
anyway, smokers, either quit smoking, or quit crying about the rules imposed to keep those of us who don't smoke away from your filth.
beakie, 2010-03-12 12:14:44
dizzle, 2010-03-10 16:40:12
Food is starting to taste better, things smell better, my skin and hair look better, the changes are amazing, wish I had quit sooner.
With the money we didn't spend on "smokes", we treated ourselves to some new clothes. Some of our old clothes still smelled like smoke regardless of how much we put them through the wash.
I still defend a person's right to choose to smoke.
I refuse to be one of those self righteous, reformed "NON" smokers.
However, I also defend the smoking bylaws, I lived by those standards even before they became bylaws.
I do not think smokers have the right to inflict their habit upon those that don't smoke.
I get outraged when I see someone smoking in a car with children present,even when I was a smoker this angered me.
Catie, 2010-03-09 17:06:34
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-03-08 18:04:41