The right of smokers to smoke ends where their behavior affects the health and well-being of others.
Interpretation
Smokers' rights should not compromise the health of non-smokers.
This quote by C. Everett Koop emphasizes the boundary between individual freedoms and the collective well-being of society. While smokers have the right to smoke, that right is limited when their actions negatively impact the health of those around them, highlighting the importance of considering the health of the community in discussions about personal liberties.
In practice
In a public health seminar discussing the effects of secondhand smoke.
When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far as I am concerned, the most rank form of arrogance . . . The faith-healer Bosworth once said that faith makes God act. If you follow that line of reasoning God is in His heaven, but Bosworth rules the world!
Your choice of diet can influence your long term health prospects more than any other action you might take.
When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up.
The health care industry can play a great role in this by being aware of the fact that these children form perhaps the most neglected group of people in the country, largely because it is hard to find them.
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Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation
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Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.
Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.
Anyone who's promoting the exact diet that they were in previous years probably isn't keeping up with the latest science, though in general, the balance of evidence has remained remarkably consistent - centering one's diet around whole plant foods.
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