Sorry about your mother, Bob S. With all respect, what do you find silly about the discussion?
Jostein On 12/29/06, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This discussion is so silly. > My mother died from 2nd hand smoke. > She was never a smoker. > My father quit in his early thirties. > She spent the last years of her life with a big oxygen bottle at her side > 24x7. > Bob S. > > On 12/29/06, Jostein Øksne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 12/29/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering when this thread might turn to the tobacco habits of > > > so many of our European friends. There are those among them who are > > > quick to criticize the vehicle habits of Americans but staunchly > > > defend their right to burn tobacco leaves all day long. A strange > > > dichotomy. > > > Paul > > > > Paul, > > Nobody in Europe are "staunchly defending their right to burn tobacco > > leaves all day long" any more than the Californian bar guests that > > Scott describes elsewhere in this thread. > > > > According to numbers from WHO, the consumption of cigarettes in 1998 > > was 606 billions for Western Europe, and 451 billions for USA. Adjust > > for population size, and the per capita consume is about the same in > > the two regions. > > Sources: > > http://www.who.int/entity/tobacco/en/atlas8.pdf > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_USA > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_European_Union > > > > > > Another aspect is that tobacco is a cash crop. Just like cocaine, > > opium, and cannabis it is intended solely for supporting a > > nerve-system stimulating habit.. With the latter three, much effort > > goes into encouraging farmers to produce other crops instead. That > > would be nice for tobacco too. > > > > And for the record of dichotomies, both USA and European countries are > > among the top ten tobacco producers of the world. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco > > > > There's virtually no difference in European and American positions on > > tobacco. > > > > <g> > > Except that Europeans smoke in smaller, less polluting cars. > > </g> > > > > > > Jostein > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
