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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 08:25 PM Feb 2020

Ruch Limbaugh on the dangers of smoking and/or second_hand smoke:



“That is a myth. That has been disproven at the World Health Organization and the report was suppressed,” Limbaugh claimed. “There is no fatality whatsoever. There’s no even major sickness component associated with secondhand smoke. It may irritate you, and you may not like it, but it will not make you sick, and it will not kill you.”

https://www.foxnews.com/media/rush-limbaugh-advanced-lung-cancer

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“Earlier you were saying about smoking, that people ought to be thankful that there are smokers, because the money gotten from smoking helps to fund all these child programs and everything?” a caller told Limbaugh. “But that’s like saying I’m glad that there’s bumper accidents because then auto mechanics would still have jobs and it improves the economy.”

“Smokers aren’t killing anybody,” the conservative host added.

“Except themselves,” the caller noted.

“Yeah, but how long does it take?” Limbaugh scoffed. “There’s no even major sickness component associated with secondhand smoke. It may irritate you, and you may not like it, but it will not make you sick, and it will not kill you.”

“Firsthand smoke takes 50 years to kill people, if it does,” he continued. “Not everybody that smokes gets cancer. Now, it’s true that everybody who smokes dies, but so does everyone who eats carrots.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/i-would-like-a-medal-for-smoking-old-radio-shows-haunt-rush-limbaugh-after-he-reveals-advanced-lung-cancer/

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“I would like a medal for smoking cigars,” Limbaugh quipped on the show — which is titled “We Really Should Thank Smokers” on his Web site.

He also ridiculed the mounds of research tying secondhand smoke to cancer and death, calling the assertion “a myth."

https://pagesix.com/2020/02/03/rush-limbaugh-has-advanced-lung-cancer/
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Ruch Limbaugh on the dangers of smoking and/or second_hand smoke: (Original Post) skip fox Feb 2020 OP
When will he have his Morten Downy Jr moment Buckeyeblue Feb 2020 #1
Makes one wish for video-embedded tombstones... Moostache Feb 2020 #2
Said the cyborg who went deaf from doing so much oxycontin. Maru Kitteh Feb 2020 #3
Appropriate that his existence has gone up in smoke. democratisphere Feb 2020 #4
k&r DesertRat Feb 2020 #5
lololol, can't fool reality. diane in sf Feb 2020 #6
If he accomplishes nothing else in his remaining time here, I hope he encourages his hordes tritsofme Feb 2020 #7
This makes dancing on his grave even easier Arazi Feb 2020 #8
Inhaled a little too much freedom... In It to Win It Feb 2020 #9
Sounds a lot like volstork Feb 2020 #10
Damn SCantiGOP Feb 2020 #11
So ironic. These people deny that smoking is bad for you. They deny PatrickforO Feb 2020 #12

Buckeyeblue

(5,500 posts)
1. When will he have his Morten Downy Jr moment
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 08:29 PM
Feb 2020

And start making public service announcements about the danger of smoking?

tritsofme

(17,398 posts)
7. If he accomplishes nothing else in his remaining time here, I hope he encourages his hordes
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 09:14 PM
Feb 2020

To quit smoking and disclaim the sort of nonsense he spread above.

After spreading so much hate and lies in his life, I’d like to think there is some good he is capable of.

PatrickforO

(14,586 posts)
12. So ironic. These people deny that smoking is bad for you. They deny
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 11:30 PM
Feb 2020

that human-made carbon emissions are accelerating climate change. They deny plastic is carcinogenic. They fought on getting rid of lead paint and asbestos. They don't think we need any healthcare and sure don't want the gummint running it.

Money has taken the place of God in this society.

Rush is now experiencing that irony. He scoffed for years and now has advanced lung cancer.

Conservative voters in Florida are now paying more taxes to shore up the levees because the sea level is rising. Their beachfront houses are in danger.

When the earth passes that tipping point where the climate becomes hostile to humans, the problem is it won't just be the few who have scoffed experiencing that. It will be all of us.

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