The stated reason for smoking bans is that SHS exposure KILLS non-smokers and smoking bans are needed to change that!!

They also claim that bans will cause smokers to quit and keep teens from smoking.

In the early 1990s anti smoking groups claimed that 53,000 non-smokers died from exposure to SHS.

In the early 1990s there were about 140,625,000 non-smokers,53,000 deaths means that there was 1 death per 2,653 non-smokers.

In the current era, pro ban groups claim that SHS exposure causes about 65,00 non-smokers to die per year.

There are about 165,000,000 non-smokers these days, 65,000 deaths is 1 death per 2,538 non-smokers.

Sooo,the antis are saying that after a 75% decrease in SHS exposure over the last 20 years and literally thousands of smoking bans of one sort or another:

THE DEATH RATE HAS STAYED THE SAME;AND THUS, SMOKING BANS DO NOT PREVENT NON-SMOKERS' DEATHS!!!


SMOKING BANS HAVE NOT DECREASED THE NUMBER OF ADULT OR HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH SMOKERS!

Since about 1990 we have seen thousands of federal,state, and local smoking bans passed. Due to increased excise taxes and MSA costs,the price of cigarettes has gone up tremendously. Billions of OUR money have been spent trying to force smokers to quit.
The result?
In 1990 about 43.125 million adults smoked cigarettes.

In 2007 about 45 million adults smoked cigarettes!!

That is a 4.16% increase in the number of adult cigarette smokers!!

In 1991(27.45% of 6% of the population) about 4.11 million high school kids smoked.

In 2005(23% of 6% of the population) about 4.14 million high school kids smoked.

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/Trends/trendchart_c.asp?...key=10000&SUBMIT1=Go
1990 the population was 250 million, 75% were adults = 187.5 million, 23% smoked is 187.5 x 23% = 43.125 million.

2007 population was 300 million, 75% were adults = 225 million, 20% smoked = 45 million cigarette smokers.

These numbers do not show cigar and pipe smokers for a total smoker number.

The antis believe and insist that everyone else believe that because a Fed govt official said that "There is no safe level of exposure to SHS", this must be true.

They must also believe that Clinton did not 'actually' have SEX with that intern,there are 400,000 premature deaths caused by obesity( the govt said so), and wind farms will decrease the amount of gas that we use in cars!!