Should Actors Be Smoking At The Stagedoor ? — Page 5

newintown said: "And despite the results of these studies, the universal belief of all mainstream science is that passive smoking is never healthy, and often deadly. My question is - why even try to defend it (to even a small degree)?



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Because individual rights have to be weighed against harm to others. The harm of momentary, OUTDOOR passive smoking (which you continue to conflate with long-term, INDOOR passive smoking) is negligible. When we get to "How dare an actor smoke outside the stage door?!", it's time to dial down the hysteria.

IVY: Are you supposed to be smoking?

VIOLET: Is anybody supposed to smoke?

-Tracy Letts, August: Osage County