2007-02-20 09:44:27 · 17 answers · asked by distant_foe 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
In an ethical context
2007-02-20 10:02:34 · update #1
No problem. It imparts no significant contaminants - considering the processing and separation that the blood products typically undergo.
Now they might not make an ideal lung donor - thats for sure.
2007-02-20 09:47:44 · answer #1 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are asking if it is correct that people who smoke can give blood the answer is yes. If you are asking if it ethical that people who smoke can donate blood MY answer is yes because the benefits outweigh the risks>
2007-02-20 17:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by tpbthigb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dah, yes because people smoke does,nt mean there lepors ,although you would think they were judging some peoples reactions. i would say that if you were in an accident and needed blood to survive you would not ask if the person supplying the blood if they smoked or not its just a habit supplied by mankind oh and by the way are making a lot of money out of it
2007-02-20 17:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by Ken M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Morally right? I'm not sure what kind of right you mean...if in the medical ethics sense, I dunno...but if you ask some poor sod who's had to have a massive transfusion after an accident, and a smoker's blood has saved his life....I bet he says 'yes'!
2007-02-20 17:48:05 · answer #4 · answered by dorothy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I smoke and I can't give blood. Nothing to do with smoking but because I lived in the UK during BSE and in Ireland that precludes blood donations. Permanently.
2007-02-20 17:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Finbarr D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if i needed a blood transfusion the last thing i would be worried about would be if it came from a smoker or non smoker particularly as it is always in short supply. My blood is as good as the next persons.
2007-02-20 17:55:36 · answer #6 · answered by Buffy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If i lay dying and the only blood available was from a smoker i wouldnt refuse , nor do i suspect most others.
2007-02-20 17:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by katrinasfather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's fine, smoking does not contaminate the blood.
2007-02-20 17:52:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what is wrong with that, maybe the blood they donated can save a life too.
2007-02-20 17:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by karen v 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if you are asking if it is allowed or if it is morally acceptable.
It is certainly allowed, and I can see no moral objection to it.
2007-02-20 17:48:02 · answer #10 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋