> It isn't just that people knew about the health risks, there > was very targeted advertising towards teenagers and children > - colonizing the future y'know. At times the advertising > subtly discounted the health risks - e.g., showing smokers > engaging in "health" behaviors. Also tobacco and nicotine are > very addicting substances, with successful cessation rates > worse than heroin addiction. The cigarette companies' own > research demonstrated that. How about peer pressure? All of > these factors combine to encourage smoking and for the person > to stay addicted to tobacco. When you are dealing with very > low level physiological and behavioral factors, > rationalization and reason simply doesn't cut it. >
Valid points, except for peer pressure. I refuse to accept peer pressure as a valid excuse. If you do something just because your friends are doing it, you have no one to blame but yourself. -RC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
