Comments about ‘Choking children with smoke is not a right’

'Choking children with smoke is not a right' - article

I will agree with this.

But claiming that we need to clean the air because of 'the children'...when:

**'Study says coal burning in Utah kills 202 a year' - AP - Published by DSNews - 10/19/10

'SALT LAKE CITY A study commissioned by Utah state agencies says air pollution kills 202 residents a year.' - article

**'Lung Association slams Utah areas for bad air' - By Amy Joi O'Donoghue - DSNews - 04/30/09

**Unhealthy air to stay along Wasatch Front for the next several days By DSNews 12/10/11

Utah's air quality is one of the worst in the nation...

**'Northern Utah's air is the worst in the nation' - KSL - 01/11/10

Is moot.

Every parent in the STATE could stop smoking tommorow.

We would STILL loose the lives of another 200 Utahns to coal burning this year.

@Pagan: The fact that poor air quality in Utah is harmful to humans does not negate the fact that second hand smoke is harmful to humans, especially little humans whose parents disregard health and safety to indulge in this toxic habit without thought to how dangerous its effects are. It is utter selfishness to force small children to inhale the fumes of a cigarette in confined spaces, and something (legislation) could be done about it. I think that's the point of this well-written article.

'@Pagan: The fact that poor air quality in Utah is harmful to humans does not negate the fact that second hand smoke is harmful to humans...' - Utah Native | 11:05 a.m. Feb. 2, 2012

And I, made no such claim.

No, my point was that the toxic air in Utah...

is JUST AS, toxic as smoking.

On par with.
Side-by-side.

As such, to claim that smoking is 'worse' than x200 Utahns dying per year due to coal burning...

is a claim.

Show me, the evidence.

As even WITH that evidence and WITH any action taken to prevent smoking, any action whatsoever....

Utah's air quality, will still be toxic, and still be fatal.