[Judith Anne]

Little by little, the truth about smoking comes out. Seems like the biggest frikken boondoggle in decades, this demonization of smoking. Sure made a lot of bleeping lawyers think they were rich. I doubt seriously that any child was deterred from smoking if they wanted to, by any money from these judgements, in spite of the bleeping propaganda.

Bleep them all, I say. Bleep the whole frikken bunch.

[lockjaw02]

LOL... Well you can bleep this one. Here's the tar jar lady.

http://www.thenownewspaper.com/045102/features/045102fe1.html

Nothing like trolling on the message boards, then calling it the "darkside of the internet", saying she's had threats, then writes a book full of bullshit to include the tar jar one pint a year retained in the lungs, and posts her face in the newspapers. She even wrote in her book that one cigarette delivers the same amount of radiation as one chest x-ray. I also keep asking her if 10,950 chest x-rays a year (10,980 on leap years, but who's counting) seem like an awful lot for a pack and a half a day smoker to be able to endure.

Something about her story just doesn't jive. A little sensationalism to push books, I presume. Also, they let her into schools to preach her misinformation. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

[Gabz]

I agree with you - bleep them all.

Now if only us normal folks could just get even a tiny percentage of the money they get for promoting their lies to get the actual truth out...........

[dwills]

The tragedy occurs when a person with a propensity to nicotine addiction begins smoking at an early age and discovers later that they are particularly sensitive to the negative effects of smoking. Just a few cigarettes a day over a decade are enough to cause any of the lung, heart or circulatory effects to which some folks are vulnerable. In fact, for those who are susceptible, there's not much difference between a few or a pack per day.

These facts don't lead me to suggest that that the less risky smoker should subsidize the misfortune of the risky smoker through higher taxes or prices resulting from lawsuits, or that their freedoms should be restricted. Nevertheless, you should still discourage young people from smoking and, if you sense that you are vulnerable to the ill effects, refrain from smoking.