Comments on: Smoking Banned for 2010

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:57:58 +0000

Thanks Jeanette for your nice comments. I still have a few of the books left too! I hope we will look at the changeover to get an idea for how effective its been here, because we are a smallish place it should be easy to review the figures.

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:27:24 +0000

Hi Dr. Pickering! You can pat yourself on the back for helping this ban finally come to pass!! Your tongue-in-cheek Reasons to not stop smoking book was mentioned on talk radio the other morning too! Well done and thank you for all your efforts to help Cayman be healthier!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:10:38 +0000

Denise thanks for your comment. Its interesting to me how changing the law in other jurisdictions appears to have considerably helped smokers as well as non-smokers in terms of reduced heart attacks – like you say all smokers are still able to smoke at home so why such a change?

By: Denise Warren

Denise Warren — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:08:41 +0000

I am a smoker but I really don’t care either way if they want to enact the law or not…..I don’t visit most bars or clubs anymore for fear of being shot or stabbed, so i do most of my entertaining at home where no law can prevent me from smoking. Banning it in restaurants is no issue to me either as I prefer to cook at home instead of going to restaurants and have strangers cooking for me that I don’t know where there hands have been.

Only thing that has me a little boggled about this non-smoking thing is not too long after the discussion of the smoking ban out came the Cayman Lights, very nice…..make them with our name on it then ban it, is someone confused or not thinking straight?

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:24 +0000

Ann, I think many of us, doctors included, underestimated the immediate effects of inhaling a single cigarette on ours and others vascular system. I hope we will be looking at our statistics in the next 2-3 years so we can see how much this legislation has benefited us all.

By: Ann Guarino

Ann Guarino — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:05:41 +0000

I can’t WAIT for this legislation to be enacted. I am not a smoker, but I have friends that are. They always tell me that this legislation is interfering with their right to smoke. I always tell them that their right to smoke is all fine and good, but that their smoking is directly affecting MY HEALTH.

A co-worker of mine’s aunt died from second-hand smoke. She never smoked a day in her life, but her husband did. He always thought it wouldn’t hurt her and she is the one who ended up dying. He is fine! No evidence of lung cancer what so ever.

If you want to smoke fine, but don’t exhale in my general vicinity….EVER!

By: Are you a smoker if you smoke socially?

Are you a smoker if you smoke socially? — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:02:28 +0000

[...] in those countries or towns that have already instituted smoking bans as I describe about the cayman smoking ban here strongly suggest that even a small amount of smoke can be important in producing a heart [...]