" You couldn't have just stated that the communities that ban smoking are as much at fault as the smoker, did you?"
youre right, i didnt. what i said is that pharmedico(there s a real source of reliable info) has used mass media to scare people. stress is one of the biggest killers around. it was the law that decreased heart attacks, not the lack of exposure to second hand smoke.
i have a caveat on that last statement. commercial tobacco products are bad and there is a health hazard, but its the additives, not the tobacco itself.
the brainwashing regarding this social event is insidious. people smell chlorine and scents and cleaners all day and think nothing of it. and then there are the things they cant smell. that stuff doesnt seem to bother them until they get sick and then they are told its genetics or some other made up crap so big business can keep on poisoning our air for money. its brilliant. the proof it works is all around us.