Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by s73v3r on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:52PM
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No it hasn't. There was a study that came out after that episode which confirmed secondhand smoke, and caused them to issue a retraction.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s8yqj3EL7A
Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by paulcole on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @08:46PM
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Two points:
1) From your link, "The study doesn’t cover the many other ill effects of breathing somebody else’s cigarette smoke, of course, which include asthma and possibly cardio-pulmonary disease." So not debunked exactly.
2) Penn & Teller are entertainers (and illusionists). They present controversial opinions for the sake of a TV show. It is not journalism and shouldn't be accepted at face value.
ETA: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller:_Bullshit!
Penn says, "right now, as I sit here, there probably is danger in secondhand smoke".
Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by sneak on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @09:18PM
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Your link only says it doesn't cause cancer, not that it is harmless.
Asthma sufferers, for example, have all sorts of additional breathing difficulties when forced to breathe smoke (of any kind).
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/12/12/study-fi...