A quintessential liberal conundrum.
Smoking relieves stress, cigarettes raise revenue, cigarette advertising encourages the poor to smoke, many have to choose between smoking and eating, the poor spend a higher percentage of income on smoking, ...
A quintessential liberal conundrum — a good liberal can take either side and feel good about it.
Smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em. Don’t smoke because smoking is bad.
[Disclaimer: I smoked for 4 decades. I quit in January 2003. I have empathy for smokers, but smokers can quit — if they really want to.]
Yesterday was my 13th year anniversary smoke free after 40 years of smoking.