Nine of ten people polled don't believe ETS will cause them to suffer cancer. In fact you would be hard pressed to find anyone who seriously believes ETS would cause them harm at all, although it makes an excellent excuse to force people to smoke elsewhere.One of the largest miscues the TC bandwagon pulled off was to declare ETS as a class one carcinogen. In direct comparison there is a large expanse of difference, between ETS and the other toxins on the list. This political decision not only protects industries who produce the other toxins by lessening the traditional perception of harm, but the longer it remains on the list the less confidence anyone will have in the integrity of the American scientific community.How frightened can one be, when told that; something is carcinogenic, but who cares even cigarette smoke is a carcinogen. With the entire population expossed for so many years and cancers didn't really start to rise in large numbers among non-smokers, until the exposures declined in equal proportions. It almost makes sense to seek out carcinogens to protect yourself against cancers.The Cancer societies now declare half of the entire population will experience Cancer during their lifetime. The claims of immanent risk have never been so dire, after close to a 60% reduction in smoker prevalence since 1960 the parallels are painting the inverse of the picture they claimed would be seen and have continued to claim for almost 50 years.Daily we are told by the cancer societies and their numerous franchised and specialized charities, who all connect smoking to as the most significant cause, are telling us the need for funding has never been greater.The more "good news" we receive from people like Bill connected to TC, the more bad news we receive from those who should be praising the effort and downsizing their operations, yet that is not what they are telling us. At what point will TC be demonstrating any effects, which legitimizes the huge expense they deliberately imposed on the hospitality industry or the rising level of promoted bigotry and the recessive taxation of our sins?The more we are "protected" the greater is our risk. Looking back in the history books, that seems to be the trend we have always seen. Science seems to be failing at ever increasing rates or perhaps what we are listening to, is not scientific at all. It does become difficult to distinguish between the modern label as "scientist" and the traditional label as a "preacher".

sir,as I want to share my viewthere should be ban on tobacco.because as we all now it causes disease

Caring of people is the main role of HM and hands of that but To ban tobacco product is not only the proper solution,before baning it is must to understand how many women involved in tobacco product mfg. like Bidi most of the families depends on this business near about 25 lac women workers run their family by making this product.what is alternative employment available with Govt.for Rural Women.Secondaly addiction is relation of phycology ,Doctars are verywell know about the drawback of Tobacco use but many doctar are used the Cigarate.so when we banned any thing then curacity will generate

People appreciate to be given advisories and not bans. Prohibition had its travails, come and go as many times as of no account. Now this ban on smoking too and consumption of tobacco products in other forms. Most smaoking is in the country side. No one will see the "no smoking " campaign there. Perhaps smoking is an inherent part of the culture in the villages. Go on punishing people, Mr. Anbumani Ramdos, for electing you to the parliament and then making you a minister. All his ideas are half baked. First he fought to remove the head of the All Institutes of Medical Sciences which is not his business at all. And now this ban on smoking. Ban is never the successful route to any plan. Just advisory notices are all that should be made. Establish good and free hospitals as of yore. Give people medical care , free of charge all over India. That should be all. Be an ideal health Minister, not one to dish out gimmicks.

Both father Ramdoss and son think that they are champions for health care. Banning a product is not the answer. Proper education is the only solution. States will loose revenue by baning products and blackmarketers will make more money.

what is so offensive talking about poor in india, are you ashmed to publish ?

If the Health minister is so much worried about health of the people why he does not ban liquor?.This is ruing more families than Smoking.

Good idea Mr ramdoss, Sensible approach. Blaming the consumers for smoking tobacco products in public places better stop the production. That will be better than the double standard of the Govt: namely producing the materials in the country or importing the stuff and telling the public not to smoke. Any how our sincere support for Mr Ramdoss for the venture.

LOOKS LIKE RAMDOS AND FAMILY HAVE LOST IN GROWING TABACCO

A total ban on production of tobacco will save countless lives, like mine. I just hope that the great Ramadoss will find a possibility to do so,of course, after providing an alternate for those who have set their lives producing tobacco products.