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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRuch 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. Theres 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 thats like saying Im glad that theres bumper accidents because then auto mechanics would still have jobs and it improves the economy.
Smokers arent killing anybody, the conservative host added.
Except themselves, the caller noted.
Yeah, but how long does it take? Limbaugh scoffed. Theres 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, its 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/
Buckeyeblue
(5,500 posts)And start making public service announcements about the danger of smoking?
Moostache
(9,897 posts)Oh yeah....that IS a thing...
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)Good riddance.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)diane in sf
(3,918 posts)tritsofme
(17,398 posts)To quit smoking and disclaim the sort of nonsense he spread above.
After spreading so much hate and lies in his life, Id like to think there is some good he is capable of.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)Fuck this guy
In It to Win It
(8,280 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)Karma to me.
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Karma is a real bastard.
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)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.