DAN - Good news - there are no "harmful chemicals" in the vapors of that steaming cup of coffee! Brewing coffee does have a distinct aroma like almost every other organic product. Unlike cigarette smoke, coffee aroma contains no carcinogens and has no toxicity. So, those whiffs of coffee that you get may be an unpleasant aroma to you but rest assured they pose no health threat to you or anyone else.
Which of course, makes coffee aroma quite different from the residue of burned tobacco(the smoke)which does produce carcinogens and has serious health consequences to people who are involuntarily subjected to it. Jim Bernstein Fulton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gina Palandri Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 9:36 PM To: mpls@mnforum.org Subject: [Mpls] coffee and cigarettes Dan writes: By the way, I don't drink coffee, and hate the smell of it (I suspect that there are harmful chemicals present in the vapor rising from hot coffee). Maybe we should ban that next, and then, YOU and anyone who likes to drink coffee in public places can adapt to that, or "be left out in the cold," with me and the rest of the smokers. I bet I could hire the same hacks that do ETS "studies" to do a coffee vapor study, and come up with alarming results." Dan McGrath Longfellow I think that we really must stop making apples to apples comparisons between coffee and smoking. And I do not really believe you Dan hate the smell of coffee. Lets see, coffees number #2 on the worlds highest traded exported good, and cigarettes are Number #1 on the cause of many cancers. Maybe we should spend our energies on legalizing the use of medical marijuana, or just supporting all of our local wonderful coffee shops. And the funny thing you do not see coffeehouse owners complaining about the smoking ban....lets treasure the fruit, and ban the dirty nicotine. Peace Gina Palandri Standish wanting a website called www.minnesotansforgreatcoffee.com REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
