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"Scott Willing" <NOTwilling2BSPAMMED@mts.net> wrote in message
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> Reason <gregp@telusplanet.net> wrote in message
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> > "Scott Willing" <NOTwilling2BSPAMMED@mts.net> wrote in message
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> > > Doug Craigen <dcc@escape.ca> wrote in message
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> > > > 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.
>
> How do you define 'enhancing the smoking experience'?

I don't know. I'm a non-smoker, but I have no doubt that the tobacco
companies wouldn't be putting anything extra in cigarettes if it didn't
increase their sales.



>
> > 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.
>
> You're right. What's a bit more crap tossed in the mix? Especially if it
> enhances the experience of killing oneself.
>
> Interesting spin.
>
> -smw
>
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