NC Smoking Ban. Good or bad?

This is a little more complex as the government does not regulate sickness in the workplace unless and until there is evidence of a threat to life or is it a constant situation. Co-workers coming into work sick with a communicable illness is not a coanstant situation, as much as it may seem to some. OSHA has the duty to regulate the safety of the workplace from potential impacts, which it does. Smoking is an impact but it does not rise to the level of threat which OSHA regulates in all cases. If we were to be hit with another flu pandemic, I expect you would see similar governmental regulation as the previous pandemic.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/qa_influenza_amendment_to_eo_13295.htm


http://www.thehastingscenter.org/Publications/BriefingBook/Detail.aspx?id=2182

Framing the Issue

If the United States is confronted with pandemic influenza, communities across the country will decide which nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPI), if any, to implement before adequate vaccine and antiviral supplies are developed and distributed. NPI encompass traditional public health strategies of isolation and quarantine, school closures, and social distancing measures such as gathering bans, the cancellation of public events, and restricted transportation. Two critical questions emerge from a potential pandemic scenario: Can communities apply NPI in a manner that maximizes the common good and minimizes negative social and economic consequences? What are the ethical implications of NPI, particularly when it comes to balancing individual liberties with the need to protect the public’s health?

Voluntary and Mandatory NPI: The Ethical Distinctions

The 1918–1919 influenza pandemic was the most deadly infectious calamity in human history. Approximately 40 million individuals died worldwide, including 550,000 individuals in the United States. During the 1918 pandemic, virtually every city in the United States and much of the world employed mandatory and voluntary NPI to mitigate the pandemic, making it especially tantalizing for policymakers to scour the historical record for counsel.

 

Though I appreciate your website referrals and your time and efforts in the research of wood burning and flu epidemics in response to my post, I merely posted my remarks in jest (see the smiley face) after others had tried to explore the forum's topic (Good or Bad) further than a public health issue.

Most of us are fairly informed on the impact of cigarette smoke and as your points on second-hand smoke, building codes and government regulations are informative, my point was intended to provoke others, with the light-side of humor, to expand on the "what's next from the government" pros & cons....like, "Is our society headed towards a new "-ism" of governmental control that we are helping to create by allowing this bill to pass instead of looking into this topic being regulated by OSHA?"

Like "Go Wulfpack", I feel that some might not "get it"...for me that relates to the "humor" in my original "analogies". At least, by avoiding prolixity in my post, you have responded with new points which allows one to delve into new aspects of this topic...so I guess the original intent of my post was successful!

 

Just ignore the man behind the curtain. You got "Wayned." :jester:

 

I suppose it is better than pointing out how badly some "do not get it" and why in this study.

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf

 

I am the same way with some perfume. I cannot walk through some sections of department stores due to the "sweet" smell of the perfume. I've been saying for a while that people can get sick from many things and government intrusion on issues such as this should not happen....just use common sense. I get headaches when smelling strong perfume but I don't expect that department to shut down.

Sherry

 

And you didn't pass?

Sherry

 

Rather attractive flight stewardess wore some kind of perfume today that smelled like chocolate, at first I thought it was great, by the time the flight was over I felt ill every time she went by.

 

I feel your pain. Guess you could have used the oxygen mask. :mrgreen:

Sherry

 

Exactly. If the government is going to cause my child to suffer in the future due to spending etc. I'll at least let them protect his lungs in the present. And if being okay with this ban makes me a crap conservative well then so be it.

 

This irks me... Do we want people in office who vote based on the citizens feelings (ya know - the ones who voted them into office) or do we want one in office whose agenda is to further their own career. IMO, this is how we got to the point that we are at in America. It's not about the people - it's about the players.

 

I like that! "Wayned".... :lol:

 

Well than CC.... it is. :jester:

 

Watch it you PITA. :cheers:

 

OK....that's just plain funny. I heard of a guy who named his race horse Hoof Hearted. I laughed my butt off when I said it out loud. I don't know if anyone else gets it but it's darn funny! Can you imagine the guy calling the race saying:

"And now coming up from behind...Hoof Hearted!"

 

Funny

Well thank You,
That is where I got the Name.
Not many get it. But I think it is appropriate for this Forum.
any way I really Just Like to make people Laugh and if i can Put a Smile on One persons face , I have done a Good Deed for the Day.
:beathorse:

 

You have done well...

 

Should have voted for Kay!

Sherry

 

Smoking ban passes General Assembly

http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/5138427/

 

:hurray::hurray::hurray:

 

....and liberty takes yet another hit.