Philosophy
Well, this is new and does pose some curious issues about legislation. Just about everyone is on the bandwagon to ban smoking everywhere dressed in the guise of health concerns for the individual, the cost of treating related health ailments, and second hand smoke. Now a new definition must be made as to what smoking is supposed to be. Obviously all references are to a plume of smoke...that's the obvious tip off with the potential for underlying health issues. But now there is the smokeless cigarette supplying the desired nicotine without the smoke. Now what will one do at the work place? Under the current definition, where there is smoke there is a violation of the law, but now things have changed and I see a law suit on the horizon.
Scenario one...using one of these at an all guy poker game.
Scenario two...having a homeless person asking for a smoke.
Electronic cigarette [Wikipedia]
- Mental Health Parity And Identity
One of most celebrated questions in philosophy is the mind/body problem, that is, are the mind and the brain the same thing or different things. If they are different, how, if at all, are they interconnected? Let's take an oblique approach to this...
- Will Smoking A Pipe Enhance An Iq?
Well, maybe not. I smoked a pipe during my long university existence and my two choices were the ones above. Tobacco was cheap then and imported blends were highly prized. I often wonder how many sweaters I ruined? Anyway, here is an amusing essay...
- Graphic Warning
If they do the below, then all fast food meals should have the above image or a similar image. "FDA Proposes Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packs" Images would include emaciated lung cancer patients and a dead body in a morgue by Amanda Gardner November...
- Do I Hear $11 A Pack...new York And The Tobacco Tax
Okay, start taxing fast food restaurants, soda pop beverages...a Quarter Pounder could be $20 and a can of Pepsi could be $5. "Sin Tax" gone crazy. "Cigarette Tax Increased to Keep State Running" by Nicholas Confessore June 21st, 2010 The New York Times...
- Professor's Icon On The Way Out?
The state of Kansas last week issued strict regulations on smoking and Missouri has similar legislation. Now, a private college is issuing a ban on smoking. This has reached a level of hysteria based not on altruism of an individual's health but...
Philosophy
New legislation for the "electronic cigarette"?
Well, this is new and does pose some curious issues about legislation. Just about everyone is on the bandwagon to ban smoking everywhere dressed in the guise of health concerns for the individual, the cost of treating related health ailments, and second hand smoke. Now a new definition must be made as to what smoking is supposed to be. Obviously all references are to a plume of smoke...that's the obvious tip off with the potential for underlying health issues. But now there is the smokeless cigarette supplying the desired nicotine without the smoke. Now what will one do at the work place? Under the current definition, where there is smoke there is a violation of the law, but now things have changed and I see a law suit on the horizon.
Scenario one...using one of these at an all guy poker game.
Scenario two...having a homeless person asking for a smoke.
Electronic cigarette [Wikipedia]
- Mental Health Parity And Identity
One of most celebrated questions in philosophy is the mind/body problem, that is, are the mind and the brain the same thing or different things. If they are different, how, if at all, are they interconnected? Let's take an oblique approach to this...
- Will Smoking A Pipe Enhance An Iq?
Well, maybe not. I smoked a pipe during my long university existence and my two choices were the ones above. Tobacco was cheap then and imported blends were highly prized. I often wonder how many sweaters I ruined? Anyway, here is an amusing essay...
- Graphic Warning
If they do the below, then all fast food meals should have the above image or a similar image. "FDA Proposes Graphic Warnings on Cigarette Packs" Images would include emaciated lung cancer patients and a dead body in a morgue by Amanda Gardner November...
- Do I Hear $11 A Pack...new York And The Tobacco Tax
Okay, start taxing fast food restaurants, soda pop beverages...a Quarter Pounder could be $20 and a can of Pepsi could be $5. "Sin Tax" gone crazy. "Cigarette Tax Increased to Keep State Running" by Nicholas Confessore June 21st, 2010 The New York Times...
- Professor's Icon On The Way Out?
The state of Kansas last week issued strict regulations on smoking and Missouri has similar legislation. Now, a private college is issuing a ban on smoking. This has reached a level of hysteria based not on altruism of an individual's health but...