Originally Posted by Thrush

I'm not saying smoking does not kill - of course it does. I know people who have died as a direct result of smoking - we all do I am sure...

But the fact of the matter remains, it is highly unlikely that non smokers will die as a result of passive smoking due to people smoking in the open air on the street.

The majority of problems from second hand smoke are from enclosed and confined area's, such as in the home, pubs, bars and clubs, etc. This is where the smoke, both exhaled and in "raw" form, burning from the end of the cigarette, is trapped with nowhere to go. It lingers and is inhaled by the non smoker, and is known as passive smoking.

Out on the street and in the atmosphere, both the raw and exhaled smoke is disapated virtually immediately. Smoke rises, and is quickly whipped away by any breezes and is above buildings and human intake zones very very quickly.

People DO die from passive smoking yes, but not from people smoking on the street. They die from passive smoking in confined area's.

Look at it like this. You get in your car, stick a hose in the exhaust and feed it into the car and run the engine. The fumes will kill you very quickly.

But you walk on the street every single day, and every single day there are hundreds and thousands of cars/vehicles pumping out the SAME fumes into the atmosphere. But you are still alive aren't you?

See my point?