The bylaws were made before vaping was commonly available. Somehow the no-smoking bylaws don’t make sense for those of us who switched to vaping to quit smoking. I did enjoy the smell, which made me feel like picking up smoking again, but on the other hand, I was inhaling lots of second-hand smoke, which is what I wanted to get away from by vaping in the first place. I recently noticed that since we are required to vape in designated smoking areas, I am surrounded by lots of smokers. I considered myself at this time a non-smoker because there’s no combustion and no smoke. As for those types tempted to toke and booze, Underground comix hero Freewheelin’ Franklin Freek once advised: “ Smoking grass and drinking beer is like pissing into the wind.”Īllan Shute, Edmonton Rethink rules for vapingĪbout a year ago I quit smoking and switched to vaping. What’s with the big rush to legalize cannabis?ĭoesn’t the health-care system already spend billions to cover the costs of smoking-related illnesses that could’ve been avoided if people didn’t smoke in the first place? Marijuana, medical or otherwise, has just as many tars, toxins and carcinogens as tobacco, if not more so.ĭon’t we spend tens of millions to warn people smoking is bad for them? Oh well, tax revenues are healthy.Īnd don’t we spend time and money on no-smoking bans in public places? While it might mean second-hand smoke every time we walk down the street, the “potential” upside is $22.6 billion a year.Īnd how about the untold costs of traffic deaths, injuries, court costs, legal fees and imprisonments? Again, jobs, jobs, jobs.Īs a late-1960s survivor of the harmless giggle, I can attest getting weasly-eyed didn’t sharpen my driving or my social skills. “How many really want legal pot?”, Brian Hutchinson, Oct. George Murphy, Edmonton What the big hurry on marijuana? It seems to me that if the refurbishing proposed for this vital facility will be anything like the ongoing maintenance and under-supply of needed infrastructure, then we must look forward to overuse and underperformance - the status quo. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The elevators, both passenger and service, for example are at times “out of service” and the fire alarm system is “undergoing maintenance for the whole hospital” with a daily announcement at least two to three times. The beds (at least where I am) are from ages ago and work with great reluctance. Some parts of the structure are either crumbling or are unserviceable, either constantly or from time-to-time. The staff and doctors are great. I believe they labour under constraints related to a “second-class” aura compared to other Edmonton hospitals. I have spent the last 30 days in a four-bed ward at the Misericordia Community Hospital. “ Misericordia on back burner, AHS report says,” Oct. Curle, Edmonton A patient’s view of the Misericordia But is the lack of enforcement to blame? Is the only way to control this stupidity with the constant presence of police? It may be, and perhaps the revenue collected could finance a larger police force. The unfortunate thing is speed and racing is rampant throughout the city, on both thoroughfares and residential streets. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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