RE:"I am not crazy about criminalization of various vices, starting with sweet tooth, alcohol, tobacco and drugs (prescription and currently illegal drugs). They are all dangerous if used excessively, but so is sitting, walking, running, sleeping, being awake, working etc"
My point is that if cigarettes are so bad just ban them. If they were introduced today, they would never be allowed and would be labeled a drug delivery system.
They fact that they are allowed says something for peoples right to kill themselves but also plays into the hands of the lawyers who embellish themselves along the way.
In FL...the Lawyers got a $billion+, BTW.
The problem with the whole thing is that the cost to medicare in the last 30 days of life is extremely costly, if we didn't have to foot the bill then we would be seeing these state lawsuits.
OTOH, we have the fed governement subsidizing the tobacco farmer.
If the governemnt had cohon@es, cigarettes would be banned...or at the very least taxed out of existance.
Jim |
