[qam1]

Yeah, I think this ramblings are about lawsuits.

I think he is trying to suggest another angle to attack the Tobacco companies.

If you can't win a suit against the tobacco companies on the grounds the sick smoker should have known about the risk of the tobacco itself I think he is suggesting you can instead win a suit based on the sick smoker wouldn't have known the risk of all the additives.

Either that or He is trying to suggest if you just got rid of the additives cigarettes would be much safer.

[Just another Joe]

Either that or He is trying to suggest if you just got rid of the additives cigarettes would be much safer.

To me it all came down to the fact that there hasn't been any study on cigarette TOBACCO, only prefabricated cigarettes with all the additives thrown in.

[Madame Dufarge]

I got the feeling (since that's just about all you can get from this screed) that he was in favor of both.

Sue the pants off "Big Tobacco" and get rid of the additives.

I agree on the latter part; but that doesn't mean that smokers didn't choose to take on the risks and let the chips fall where they may.

My grandfather (who smoked) called cigarettes "coffin nails." This was a term in common usage.

But of course, he was from the old school of "pick your poison" and never would have considered blaming anyone else for his choice.

I have a lot of respect for those whine-free old-timers.