Republicans Bring Back Smoke-Filled Rooms on Capitol Hill

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@Publius

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@Publius

39 years (tobacco) smoke free here (perhaps not oddly about as long as I’ve been married).

This is a stupid decision by the House.

I fail to see how your smoking status is relevant. If they can be accommodated without inflicting smoke on other people, why not?

Except no one has suggested doing that. And I’m guessing any “solution” would probably be about as effective as smoking sections in planes were.

Seriously? You think modern engineering can’t handle smoke? In any case, the cases I was talking about were about entirely separate structures that shared zero air handling infrastructure. Basically separate huts on hospital grounds, just heat and shelter for the evil smokers. I see no reason that should be prohibited by law aside from hatred and bigotry.

Yabbut, we’re talking about Congressional spaces, not hospitals. Focus.

Congressional spaces can also utilize modern engineering and air handling. Bottom line is, if it exposes non smokers to smoke, its bad, if not, shut up.

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A plague on the lungs of the innocent.

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Smokers don’t pay amply for the cancer they cause in others with their lack of self control

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Smokers don’t pay amply for the cancer they cause in others with their lack of self control

Applicable to child victims, adults, no. People smoking with kids in the car or home, agreed. Adults have a choice. I quit when I had kids, you have to be a bit of a monster to fill your kids house with carcinogenic smoke. Hard to blame my parents though, doctors used to recommend smoking.

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Adults no what?

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Adults no what?

What? Not following

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adults, no

This.

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@WuWei

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adults, no

This.

Adults have autonomy, nobody forcing them to be subject to smokers. If a hypothetical bar/venue/hotel allows smoking they are free to vote with their wallets.

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Not true in the case at hand.

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@WuWei

Not true in the case at hand.

That we are spending any time on this is moronic. Unless you are an anti smoking zealot.

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Congressional spaces can also utilize modern engineering and air handling. Bottom line is, if it exposes non smokers to smoke, its bad, if not, shut up.

It is difficult to utilize modern engineering in a building that’s 200 years old.

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You© don’t have the right to poison others because you© have no self control.

You don’t own the air.

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@WuWei

You© don’t have the right to poison others because you© have no self control.

You don’t own the air.

Correct, but if I can isolate the problem with air handling, ■■■■ off. The principle is if I negatively impact others. You don’t have a valid complaint if I smoke in an isolated area that doesn’t expose you to smoke.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

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That we are spending any time on this is moronic. Unless you are an anti smoking zealot.

Outside of us posting about this, no one is really “spending” any time here.

[WuWei]

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You© don’t have the right to poison others because you© have no self control.

You don’t own the air.

Correct, but if I can isolate the problem with air handling, ■■■■ off. The principle is if I negatively impact others.

Tax payer dollars in the millions for a vice. No.

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@WuWei

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@WuWei

You© don’t have the right to poison others because you© have no self control.

You don’t own the air.

Correct, but if I can isolate the problem with air handling, ■■■■ off. The principle is if I negatively impact others.

Tax payer dollars in the millions for a vice. No.

Millions, that’s government waste, not the real cost. More like thousands. And everyone else gets accommodated, why not smokers? I know why, one of the few groups left it is ok to demonize.

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Millions, that’s government waste, not the real cost. More like thousands. And everyone else gets accommodated, why not smokers? I know why, one of the few groups left it is ok to demonize.

You think it’ll only cost thousands of dollars to install independantly ventilated smoking rooms in the 200-year old building that serves as the seat of our government?

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In every office.

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From what I’ve heard, it cost something in the six figures just to clean the smell of Boehner’s years of chain smoking out of the Speaker’s office.

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Millions, that’s government waste, not the real cost. More like thousands. And everyone else gets accommodated, why not smokers? I know why, one of the few groups left it is ok to demonize.

You think it’ll only cost thousands of dollars to install independantly ventilated smoking rooms in the 200-year old building that serves as the seat of our government?

No, I don’t think it is what it will cost, I think it is what it should cost. Air handling isn’t that expensive