[Mpls] Tobacco Scam

[Clark C. Griffith]

I read the post that said that "Secondhand smoke kills tens of thousands 
of nonsmokers each year in the U.S" and did some research to find if 
that number was true or just a lie. Public health information said that 
the number was "maybe 3,000." So, of 285,000,000 inhabitants there are 
"maybe 3,000" incidents of non smoker lung cancer.  This is an estimate 
and you can look it up at National Cancer Institute at  
http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/3_9.htm. I chose this web site because it is 
strongly biased to promote smoking bans.  It will be helpful if the 
proponents of the smoking ban stop using incorrect data and start saying 
that there is a .0000105% incidence of cancer caused by primary second 
hand smoke. That is one ten thousandth of one percent. So of ten 
thousand people, there is a one percent chance. Rank this up there with 
lightening strikes, shark attacks and death by bee stings. 
 As I stated in an earlier post, this is an issue that must be 
considered on accurate data. By lying about the facts, proponents of the 
ban hurt their claim as people largely ignore them because of their 
unreliability.   A smoking ban does very little and will have a negative 
effect on the city, so it must be considered carefully.  So far, the 
effort to achieve a ban seems to be a show of force by radicals. I hope 
the good thinkers prevail.
Clark Griffith, Lowry Hill,  down wind from the garbage burner, sometimes.