Gothamist: Staten Island May Be Bad for Your Health

Audrey Silk

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:15:45 -0500

This is nothing more than the NYC DOH's obsession with demonizing smoking at every chance. Did it ever occur to anyone repeating what amounts to nothing more than a guess that this is a count easily conducted? As in, question family about the smoking habits of those that died from the flu or pneumonia. So ask yourself why they didn't do that or produce a number if they did. Then consider this if we want to assume smokers account for a number of dead... a higher rate of smokers in SI means a higher rate of people forced out into the cold to enjoy their cigarette where... what?... they can catch their death of cold. I say we blame the NYC DOH's smoking BAN for the higher number of deaths.

Kojak

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:56:34 -0500

It’s not really their fault. Its that they're too close to New Jersey.

MT

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:28:38 -0500

I'd like to point out that if you have ever gone to a Mets' game you have sat directly on top of a landfill for nine innings. They are everywhere in the city. Staten Island just has the most recent one.

Oscar T. G.

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:55:10 -0500

Living on a landfill oh yeah that is perfectly healthy

new jersey's ok, though?

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:46:39 -0500

congrats for not bashing any of the boroughs, but i'll be more impressed if a week goes by without any unneccesary sarcasm directed towards the garden state.

cc

Tue, 20 Feb 2007 14:41:27 -0500

What do you mean, "MAY be"?