Lighting Up Boehner
Smokers are the rudest and dumbest people in the world [“John Boehner Will Continue Smoking, Thank You Very Much,” at the Scene & Heard blog]. Don’t ask us to inhale your poison or pay your medical bills. You are addicts, and your excuses are even more irritating.
Rogerrok
A Smoker Butts In
Leave everyone alone who chooses to smoke. It’s our business — not yours, not an insurance company’s, not my doctor’s. I pay plenty to enjoy my cigarette and coffee. I can’t believe that in some areas, you can’t even smoke outside. Some counties and businesses think they own the air we breathe. Please.
AnniesLove
Puff Your Way to Health
I’m not a smoker, but my grandmother lived to 93 — and started smoking at 14. It’s hilarious, with radon gas in your house, additives in your food, and 90 percent of Ohio slamming alcohol (poison) every game night. I say smoke ’em if you got ’em. Make smoking illegal if you don’t like it, then watch every state government crumble from lack of tax dollars.
Jadevo
Back to the Slam
Hasn’t history shown that nearly all these kinds of accusations are trumped up and end up hinging on prosecutorial misconduct? [“High Court Rules Nancy Smith and Joseph Allen Must Return to Jail,” at the Scene & Heard blog]. When is someone going to examine the prosecutor and get this corrected? Is there an ounce of physical evidence that this even happened?
Flagguy2010
A World Without Dennis?
Have people already forgotten what Dennis Kucinich has done for the City of Cleveland [“Who Wants Some Dennis?” January 26, 2011]? If it weren’t for Dennis, the steel mills would have closed and left this place a ghost town. He saved a lot of jobs, and he will always have my support. I wish he represented my district — he’s a great politician.
Gloria Damron
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2011.
for all you non smokers out there check this out,if everyone quit smoking, just think of all the taxes that you would pay, that money will come from somewhere,right now smokers pay way more taxes than nonsmokers,we would have probably lost are baseball team, but instead smokers paid for the new stadium, and still pay sick taxes.i wish nonsmokers would wake up and realize the tax burden smokers carry,where would we get that revenue from? we could add it to gas, so a gallon will cost $6 instead of $3, maybe then nonsmokers would realize the financial burden smokers carry.hell most people should be happy, smokers wont live as long, therefor less people drawing social security and medicaid. and dont even cry about paying there med bills, cause without osamacare that be a nonissue.i hope everyone quits smoking so we nonsmokers can help pay the taxes that smokers have been paying for years! I wonder how much belly aching we’ll hear then?
I find Ohioan’s are extremely resistant to change, regarding this smoking issue. I say get over it already! The benefits to continue the smoking ban far outweigh the outcry of smokers. From employees in restaurant’s that no longer inhale second hand smoke to the children that accompany their parents to diners. The constant statement from smokers continue with the lame words of “its my business if I smoke” is so wrong. It is your business to help take care of others by not exposing children and people to the carcinogens from cigarettes and cigars. Coming from a family of smokers, losing my grandfather, father and brother from cigarettes I have a little gripe about smoking. The loss of family cannot be justified because they had a right to smoke. As an ex-smoker I lived through the California ban on smoking with the same gripe Ohioans are claiming. But after examining the benefits for others I found that it is my right to take care of others in our community! So once again Ohio “get over it”!