Problem with the ASSUMPTIONS like a Waitress getting LUNG CANCER from Second Hand Smoke, is that there is No Conclusive – proof, that IS the source. Maybe just convenient “Speculation”, from those that dislike the habit ?
Very few things in life are provable 100%, but the preponderance of evidence points to this waitress’s claim being valid. Here is a Wikipedia article about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Crowe. She was, in fact, awarded damages by the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB). The WSIB came to a conclusion that her claim had merit.
You won’t get to meet her, because the cancer did kill her, but here she is in a public service announcement from the South Dakota Department of Health:
The “Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada” has her story http://www.smoke-free.ca/heathercrowe/heathers-story.htm, and the FAQ page has a lot of information, including why she claimed that the tumour was caused by second-hand smoke and not something else. Admittedly, she was an extreme case. She worked for 40 years in smoke-filled restaurants and banquet halls, sometimes two or even three shifts in a day. Most people do not work that many hours or as a waitress for that long. The site, unfortunately, is a bit outdated now and appears not to have been updated in years.
While I was looking for that information, I also found a case of a waitress in the U.S. who died from acute asthma attributed to second-hand smoke at her job as a waitress. This was reported in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in 2008. Here is the story: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080208101802.htm.
All that I was arguing was that smoking bans are a reality in most restaurants and many other public places in Canada and the United States. I am not going to try to argue about whether smoking causes lung cancer (though I believe that it does) or whether people can get cancer from second-hand smoke. I’m only arguing that smoking bans are a fact of life in most places now.
I never claimed that Pat had lung cancer either, though someone else hinted that it might be the case. All we know is that Pat had cancer. The cause or the form of cancer was never mentioned, so far as I know.
Problem with the ASSUMPTIONS like a Waitress getting LUNG CANCER from Second Hand Smoke, is that there is No Conclusive – proof, that IS the source. Maybe just convenient “Speculation”, from those that dislike the habit ?
Very few things in life are provable 100%, but the preponderance of evidence points to this waitress’s claim being valid. Here is a Wikipedia article about her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Crowe. She was, in fact, awarded damages by the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board (WSIB). The WSIB came to a conclusion that her claim had merit.You won’t get to meet her, because the cancer did kill her, but here she is in a public service announcement from the South Dakota Department of Health:
The “Physicians for a Smoke-free Canada” has her story http://www.smoke-free.ca/heathercrowe/heathers-story.htm, and the FAQ page has a lot of information, including why she claimed that the tumour was caused by second-hand smoke and not something else. Admittedly, she was an extreme case. She worked for 40 years in smoke-filled restaurants and banquet halls, sometimes two or even three shifts in a day. Most people do not work that many hours or as a waitress for that long. The site, unfortunately, is a bit outdated now and appears not to have been updated in years.
While I was looking for that information, I also found a case of a waitress in the U.S. who died from acute asthma attributed to second-hand smoke at her job as a waitress. This was reported in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in 2008. Here is the story: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080208101802.htm.
All that I was arguing was that smoking bans are a reality in most restaurants and many other public places in Canada and the United States. I am not going to try to argue about whether smoking causes lung cancer (though I believe that it does) or whether people can get cancer from second-hand smoke. I’m only arguing that smoking bans are a fact of life in most places now.
I never claimed that Pat had lung cancer either, though someone else hinted that it might be the case. All we know is that Pat had cancer. The cause or the form of cancer was never mentioned, so far as I know.