Re: The Blameless Society -> Tobacco / Drugs

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From: Reason
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 00:32

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"Scott Willing" <NOTwilling2BSPAMMED@mts.net> wrote in message
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>
> Doug Craigen <dcc@escape.ca> wrote in message
> news:3AABEA44.9E54AA46@escape.ca...
> > No objection to much of the list, but two items stand out:
>
> [snipped to one item for a personal rant]
>
> > "G. B." wrote:
>
> > > If you suck three packs of cigarette smoke into your lungs each day
for
> 40
> > > years and die of lung cancer, the tobacco company is to blame.
> >
> > They're not to blame for people choosing to smoke, just for denying the
> > medical facts.
>
> Agree, but you haven't gone far enough. Nasty additives to keep the smokes
> burning in the ashtray, formulations intended to increase addictiveness,
and
> youth-targeted advertising come to mind. These people are heartless
killers.

You're over-reacting. Those "nasty additives" weren't put there to poison
anyone, just to enhance the smoking experience.  I mean in all fairness,
tiny amounts of ammonia and other chemicals aren't going to make cigarettes
much more lethal than they already are.

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