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Smoking ban backers rely on faulty evidence

...The EPA claims that you are 25 percent more likely to develop That sounds like quite an increase, but a normal person without exposure to passive smoke runs a 1:100,000 chance of developing According to the EPA, the chance increases to 1:80,000 if exposed to passive smoke.

In other words 10 people out of 1,000,000 will develop So only 2.5 people per million develop However the crux of my argument isn’t based on the non-existent or proven danger of second-hand smoke.

It lies on the property rights of business owners and liberties of all Americans.

Just because you don’t like something (in this case smoking) doesn’t give you the right to outlaw it.

I despise hip-hop, but you’ll never find me advocating it should be banned because I believe in free speech and expression and the right to self-determination.

No one is forcing you to enter an establishment that allows smoking and no one is forcing business owners to cater to smokers.

It’s a choice made by both respective parties, and to force them to do otherwise is in direct conflict with the values of liberty and democracy.

We get it; some of you don’t like second-hand smoke.

It’s your...

Supreme Court: Employer Partly Liable For Health Damage

...He died in 2000.

His employer disputed liability for the health damage.

The man had smoked for 28 years.

In 2002, a judge in Almelo ruled the employer was 55 percent liable for the health damage suffered.

The court based this partly on an expert who concluded that there was a 55 percent chance of getting The expert added that it cannot be determined medically if a certain case of On appeal, the appeal court in Arnhem upheld this verdict.

The Supreme Court also upheld the verdict Friday, making it definitive.

If an employee has suffered damage that could be caused both by the employer failing to provide sufficient protection against substances that are damaging to health, and by actions for which the employer is responsible, the court can hold the employer liable for part of the damage, the verdict says.

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Blue Cross Praises City of St. Paul on Implementation of Smoke ...

... It also causes or worsens many respiratory diseases such as asthma and emphysema.

"Blue Cross is about making a healthy difference in people's lives so we believe strongly that all workers should be protected from hazardous work environments," Banks concluded.

"We're pleased that St.

Paul joins the cities of Minneapolis, Bloomington, Golden Valley and others in creating smoke-free environments for all workers.

This ordinance is another important step towards protecting the health of all Minnesotans." Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, with headquarters in the St.

Paul suburb of Eagan, was chartered in 1933 as Minnesota's first health plan and continues to carry out its charter mission today: to promote a wider, more economical and timely availability of health services for the people of Minnesota.

A not-for-profit, taxable organization, Blue Cross is the largest health plan based in Minnesota, covering 2.7 million members in Minnesota and nationally through its health plans or plans administered by its affiliated companies.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, headquartered Chicago.

Go to http://www.bluecrossmn.com to learn more about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.

SOURCE Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Web Site: http://www.bluecrossmn.com Issuers of news releases and not PR Newswire are solely responsible for the ...

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