Should smokers be charged with murder if.......

The second hand smoke from their cigs cause a person to get cancer over the years and they die from the cancer?

There have been many situations where a spouces smoking has caused there partner to get cancer and die, should they be lieable for that death and charged with either manslaughter or second degree murder?

Smokers say it's my life choice, but what happens when that choice starts harming others, then is it still there choice to make?

What do you think?
What would your reaction be if the law was changed to charge people in this event? (If you are a smoker mainly)

Is there any study that shows secondhand smoke causes cancer?Frattracide

Sig worthy?

[QUOTE="Frattracide"]Is there any study that shows secondhand smoke causes cancer?dbowman

Sig worthy?

Is there?

Wouldnt be charged with murder, more like involuntary mansluaghter or something.

And no, its legal to smoke, the non smoker should reconize the health risks involved in second hand smoke and choose to move away from the harmful smoke.

Mkavanaugh77

[QUOTE="dbowman"]

[QUOTE="Frattracide"]Is there any study that shows secondhand smoke causes cancer?Frattracide

Sig worthy?

Is there?

Passive smoking and heart disease

Passive smoking killing thousands

Passive smoking and lung cancer

Deaths attributed to passive smoking PDF file.

Wouldnt be charged with murder, more like involuntary mansluaghter or something.

And no, its legal to smoke, the non smoker should reconize the health risks involved in second hand smoke and choose to move away from the harmful smoke.

Mkavanaugh77

This guy hit it on the nail. its your choice whether you stand next to someone smoking. if your that concerned walk away while they are smoking

Wouldnt be charged with murder, more like involuntary mansluaghter or something.

And no, its legal to smoke, the non smoker should reconize the health risks involved in second hand smoke and choose to move away from the harmful smoke.

Mkavanaugh77

This guy hit it on the nail. its your choice whether you stand next to someone smoking. if your that concerned walk away while they are smoking

[QUOTE="Frattracide"][QUOTE="dbowman"]

[QUOTE="Frattracide"]Is there any study that shows secondhand smoke causes cancer?dbowman

Sig worthy?

Is there?

Passive smoking and heart disease

Passive smoking killing thousands

Passive smoking and lung cancer

Deaths attributed to passive smoking PDF file.

According to those two studies, the risk seems relatively low. A relative risk of around two percent when exposed to approx twenty cigarettes a day.

If they would be charged, so should every other place that emmits smoke.

I don't remember the last time I've seen someone smoke though. I'm glad smoking isn't allowed in public areas in Ohio.

No. This whole idea is stupid.

Second-hand smoking and getting cancer isn't the same as shooting someone. What if someone develops cancer from breathing in too much car exhaust.

Smoking, whether desireable or not, is just another one of the elements around us on this planet Earth.

I thought this topic was going to say:

"Should smokers be charged with murder if their cigarette causes a building to burn with victims inside?"

THIS idea, though, is rather lame.

And everyone saying, "it's your choice whether you want to stand next to a smoker," I don't smoke, but a few good friends I have do, and I am not going to isolate them because of their habit or be a prick and nag them about it, even if I don't approve of it.

Radon causes cancer, lets ban it as well.

In fact, cars cause deaths all the time so lets just ban those too.

And jets crash killing people. Ban them as well.

People kill each other all the time. Ban people.