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Earth Policy/U.S. Leading World Away From Cigarettes

What's In Cigarettes?

Tobacco And Global Warming

And here's one for them so that they can start from scratch:

What Is Global Warming?

Is that good enough to appease the RW dittoheads who have decided to now add another "sound bite" to their repertoire against Al Gore? Whether he said that or not at the UN or in what context it may have been said if it even was said, anyone with any knowledge of science knows that cigarettes emit poisonous and toxic gases such as benzine and carbon monoxide, as well as methane which is a potent greenhouse gas. Unfortunately, many of those smoking are too ignorant to know what they are putting into their own bodies and other bodies with their secondhand smoke that kills 30,000 non smokers a year, let alone what they put into the atmosphere.

If you inhale poisonous toxic gas and then exhale it, do you not emit those gases into the air? Where do you think they go besides your lungs to kill you? Now granted, scientifically that wouldn't be enough worldwide alone to cause a climate cataclysm, but then I don't think anybody including Al Gore has ever said that or would. Which is what makes sound bites like this placed strategically in the media so much more insidious.

I haven't really made a big deal about the reports from the usual suspects regarding his UN visit (and this will be the LAST time I mention it) because frankly, if Al Gore did speak about that in relation to global warming perhaps even in response to a question, he is entitled to do so. However, I sometimes just get so fed up with seeing this kind of deliberate baiting knowing it is the same tactic pulled before to discredit him, and it is absolutely unfair to him and his conviction about this issue.

People are also now focusing on this on all sides I believe (and those blogs showcasing this probably did it in the first place) because they think he is running for President and they don't want him pissing off potential voters, or vice versa... I say, give that a rest already.

People need to know the truth and the truth is that beyond anything he may or may not have said at the UN, that cigarette smoking is a killer, and it is logical to me that the gases emitted from it on a global scale may "contribute" to what is already in the atmosphere, even though minutely. But again, people don't want to take moral responsibility for their actions, or even research, so of course shoot the messenger whoever it is.

Bottomline: If Mr. Gore did talk about this in the context of the threat it poses to health, then I wish he would do more of it. He can talk about that all he damn well wants as far as I am concerned. I lost both of my parents to cigarette smoking. Talking about it and warning people of ALL of its dangers SAVES LIVES.

Those now doing this to once again divert from the seriousness of the climate crisis however, are also probably the same "Flat Earth" Society yahoos who thought cigarette smoking wasn't addictive and didn't cause cancer either. Tell that to my parents who got hooked before they could stop. God, how I wish they were here today. Instead of mocking Al Gore and posting things without substantiation, why don't these people ever really put their time to good use like actually helping people? Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be part of their repertoire.