You know, if they really wanted to see a drop in smoking rates they should stop with the heavy handed rhetoric and gestapo tactics. There is a very large cadre of smokers now who will. not. quit. out of sheer stubbornness and unwillingness to give in to Big Nanny.
I tend to agree, if they stopped with the overt brainwashing, and Big Brother tactics, one of two things would happen..
1) those that ENJOY smoking would continue to smoke (and obviously the anti smoking control freaks would not like this)
2) those that really want to quit, would do so, instead of being “forced” to quit because they cant smoke anywhere or ciggs cost too much for them. Everybody knows if you are forced to do something.. it never really goes well.
Quite frankly, I like to smoke.. I enjoy it. I refuse to let ANY control freak tax me out of it, or tell me how to live my life.
If they eased up on the big brother garbage.. who knows.. perhaps people that really want to quit would quit for good, and there would be a whole lot less miserable people.