[nobdysfool]

Richard Carmona, the surgeon general of the United States, has said he would support the abolition of cigarettes and all tobacco products, the first time that such a senior public health official has taken that kind of stand over the industry.

Let's change one word and see how it reads...

Richard Carmona, the surgeon general of the United States, has said he would support the abolition of alcohol and all alcohol products, the first time that such a senior public health official has taken that kind of stand over the industry.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it...

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