Ping! This ought to p*ss you off.
Think the Smoke Gnatzies around here will finally get a CLUE that this is all about CONTROL of the proletariat and has NOTHING to do with cigarettes or food?
I'm suprised no one has drawn a bead on these guys yet. Thousands of people get mugged or assualted each year and HE gets out unscathed.
NOT that I'm wishing it, of course *cough*.
the very sad answer to that question is a very resounding NO.
OK, we know second-hand smoke and the occasional piece of fried chicken are not a major health threat. Cigarette smoking itself, on the other hand, is a major health threat to the smoker himself. What the government can or should do to discourage smoking itself, I don't know, but a product when used as intended takes 14 years off of the life its average user, perhaps the government should try to discourage smoking. That to me is the only possible reason to ban smoking in public, not because the smoke actually hurts non-smokers (the evidence is that it does but the danger is slight), but simply to discourage smoking.
But I understand the principle that a government that has the power to ban something like smoking in taverns is a government with too much reach into people's personal business.
Thank you, you said it. They are so into what they hate they Have yet to realize that others hate what they do ! Geez, how stupid are we?
Thanks for the pings.
THE ANTI-TOBACCO RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
1. Choose an industry.
2. Regulate the industry.
3. Tax the industry.
4. Sue the industry.
When one source of money dries up, return to Step 1 and repeat.
By S. Phillipe