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Archive for the 'All Smoking & Drinking Issue' CategoryUse a little sense!November 1st, 2006 BY MILLICENT MARSHALL
What’s with all the whining from cigarette smokers? They’re ruining their health (so much for respecting them) and poisoning the environment for others, yet they still howl about their rights, as if polluting bars and restaurants were guaranteed in the Constitution. Isn’t it really all about the tobacco companies making huge profits? Stunk Out Dear Stunk, Sure, it’s about tobacco companies making money, but I have a question for you. Exactly how much do the smokers affect you personally? Don’t give me the second-hand smoke routine, because the only smokers you encounter nowadays are out of doors: one state after another has outlawed smoking in enclosed, public places. And the tiny bit of cigarette smoke you inhale outside is chicken feed compared to the endless supply of carcinogens circulating in the open air everywhere except the deepest wilderness. And you don’t have to let people smoke in your home. If they’re considerate, smokers don’t leave the residue of their habit all over the streets. Admittedly, many are not considerate and use the world as their ashtray, but people throw all sorts of trash on the ground. There are laws against it, and when someone starts enforcing them the smokers will have to put their butts in their pockets and take them home. So take it easy. You’ve won the battle. You don’t have to respect the smokers if you choose not to (certainly not for their smoking), but there’s no reason to have a cow about it. Pick your battles, honey. How about campaigning to outlaw the manufacture of weapons? Millie
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