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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:40 PM Original message |
Tobacco-growing Kentucky's largest university bans all smoking, tobacco use on campus |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. So the tobacco research center can't have tobacco? |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. they can have it, they can't smoke it |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I wonder when they will get around to banning spreading STD's. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. It is supposed to be a place of "higher learning" how does tobacco relate to that? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. You can't even chew it! |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Have you ever noticed the stains on the concrete in a gas station? They aren't oil. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's why you need a good spit cup... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. for those who doubt the slippery slope, this is a great example |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Call it a hunch, but only the smoking will really be enforced... |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. that's likely true |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. The justification for banning smoking: |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Smoking also destroys property, causes some non-smokers severe allergic reactions... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. But it doesn't harm those not choosing to injest it |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Sorry. Society puts 'chew' in the same family as cigarettes. nt |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Then the health of those around a person using nicotine |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. They do? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. First off.... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Fine. Lets call it a poisonous irritant. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. It is definitely an irritant... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. When I eat Mayonaise around you, you are not subjected to |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I believe most of the outrage is directed |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You know a good portion of the gun powder used by Howitzers |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. That's bullshit |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I wonder if they will ban smoking pot on campus. nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Eat brownies instead. 16th Century European History is better when fucked up. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I think you can assume that pot would be included in public smoking bans in a heartbeat... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. This is not a public smoking ban, it's a total ban. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. If that were to happen |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. I brought up this very point... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. there used to be tobacco redriers across from campus. When they were |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. It will be very interesting when this moves to MJ in the coming years. nt |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. Other Universities to come |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Sanity reigns at Kentucky U -- !! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Let's ban a few other legal substances.... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. If people were spewing chocolate and soft drinks in public... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. So where is the ban on gum? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. I was addressing smoking. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Singapore bans gum. They also cane little shits for spray painting graffitti. |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I notice quite a few empty coke/beer cans |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. See #31. nt |
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Katya Mullethov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. And global warming |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. That's interesting. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. One reason I could see them banning chew is that waterless urinals and such get clogged from it. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-19-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
39. There's no smoking or any tobacco products allowed where I work |
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