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BAR WORKERS POISONED BY SECONDHAND SMOKE IN JUST HOURS: STUDY

Non-smokers working in bars and restaurants who are briefly exposed to secondhand smoke absorb a dangerous carcinogen that is not considered safe at any level, U.S. researchers have found.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/health/national/20...secondhand.html

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Although I have never thought about it like this before I would think that it is obvious that if you are going to accept a job where everyone smokes that it will be part of the job profile unless you plan to where a filter mask all the time.

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I have often pondered on this, yes one does know the exposer that they work in but if you need good money and bar tending good paying opportunity then what. I always think of the old days of mining where the dirt poor lined up to work in the death holes knowing that it will likely be their doom.

People will work where they can to make a living for their family and that is why I am so glad in Ontario that we have smoke free work places. After all we go to work expecting to return home safely.

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Thats a really good point, about the mine workers, alot of them started getting compensation a few years back for their un protected work. Now that smoking has become illegal in public areas, I just wonder how long the until the compensation claims start to build up. The government put me at risk, I have developed a chronic cough, I demand £50.000. it wont be long.
What do you think?

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I would not be surprised though really I am unsure if it is fair, as who would pay? The tobacco companies? I doubt it. So us tax payers get the bag again.

For many it is a no brainer well you put the gun to your head and now your crying because there was a bullet in it...tooo bad and quit crying.

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If you work on a construction site, wear a hardhat. If you work for a rapper, wear earplugs. If you are a driver, wear a seatbelt. If you are a policeman, carry a gun. If you are a football player, wear your helmet. Seems pretty simple to me... I work in a glass factory...I wear leather gloves and kevlar sleeves on the shop floor.

Rather off topic, but... The money thing behind all of this is pretty interesting. Cigarettes has gone from about $.50 per pack when I was a kid to $2.50 -$5.00per pack depending on your state. So, did the price to make a cigarette go up that much? NO Actually, the price of tobacco has had to be subsidized by the US government for quite a while to keep farmers making the stuff. So there is where some of the money goes...to the farmers to keep making tobacco, but the biggest chunck goes to your state and federal government. Now they used to tell us that they were doing that to offset the cost of healthcare that increased from smokers dying and taking a lot of time to do it in hospitals. Now that the government has turned so many off of smoking through laws and prices...guess what...they aren't getting paid as much. So the tax money that they had to add to the price of cigarettes isn't going to work anymore and they will go after the tax payer again!

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I completely agree with you Vincenzo, I'm just saying the likelihood of the claims coming in thick and fast is inevitable, As soon as one person goes down with Lunch Cancer or something alike, with a past working as bar staff, the world will change.