possibly. unfortunately, we cannot know, since the gubberment has been dishonest in what the _actual_ issues and dangers are with that particular smokable substance.
the problem with tobacco is not that it is dangerous. if you want to huff paint, or eat twinkies, or drive without a helmet, i (and most people) have no problem with that. We just don't want to pay for your bad decisions. the problem with tobacco is that the tobacco companies KNOWINGLY LIED about the dangers. If know one lies about the dangers, then the public can make an "informed" choice. and that is all we can ask. On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:40 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]>wrote: > > > No one minds people smoking tobacco at home (away from their kids), or > > outside (but not near me). > > > > It isn't any of my business. > > The problem with you response is that it's internalized. I asked how > society would view it. > > Today we have people that want to tell smokers where they can and > can't smoke. We fund anti-smoking campaigns with tax dollars from the > general fund and yet we fund cancer research with cigarette sales tax > money. States have sued tobacco companies and won or settled based on > medical issues that arise from smoking. > > If non-tobacco products were "legalized" in all 50 states would that > not lead to the commercialization of such products? Might it not lead > to the same cycle as the tobacco industry fell into, where over the > course of 50 years smoking went from glamorized to demonized? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287215 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
