🚀 go-pugleaf

While I hate to knock all you nonsmokers off your high horses, I feel
obliged to point out a few things:
1)  The tobacco industry is quite large and heavily taxed.  If it were to
be obliterated (as many of you wish it were), thousands of workers would
become unemployed and our federal government would lose a great deal of
revenue.  Thus, you can look forward to a higher unemployment rate and
higher taxes.

2)  Virtually everyone on this planet recognizes that smoking is
horrendously bad for one's health.  However, I am inclined to tell all of
you incredibly healthy nonsmokers about something far more deadly than
smoking.  It's called walking outside.  The sun is far more deadly and far
more likely to cause cancer than smoking (just go ask your doctor).  So
before you decide to go taunting smokers about how unhealthy they are,
just remember that there is a 1 in 4 (and increasing everyday) chance that
you will get cancer just by walking out your front door.

3) Environmentally speaking, cigarrete butts are not exactly a top
priority.  Certainly, seeing a cigarette butt on the ground is not
aestheticly pleasing, yet cigarette butts are biodegradable.  How
biodegradable is that plastic water bottle that all you healthy nonsmokers
tote around.  That sucker will be around long after your
great-grandchildren die.

4)  Many of you seem to be taking the approach that all smokers act
exactly the same.  Such blatant generalization of people is grossly
ignorant.  There ARE smokers who don't litter incessantly.  Furthermore,
there ARE nonsmokers who do litter incessantly.  Don't characterize a
group of people based on the actions of individuals.

Kyle Harrison