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To: tejek who wrote (125696)	10/10/2000 4:47:27 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570711

Ted, On tobacco companies, they kill as much as the candy and cookie manufacturers. That is only if you go out and buy the harmful products. As far as cigarette the difference between tobacco and candy manufacturers, the candy makers target a much smaller audience. I find it very difficult to keep my daughter away from the stuff. And I am sure you are familiar with NYC, it is difficult to walk a block without passing a store that sells candy. Sugar is more addictive than nicotine, and it is hard to use reason to a 2 1/2 year old. I think it will be a lot easier to talk about tobacco to a teenager. Don't get me wrong, I am not for banning candy or for suing the manufacturers, but I am for the same regulation and warnings as they have on cigarets, and even regulation on placement of various vending machines so that they are not within reach of children. Joe

To: tejek who wrote (125696)	10/10/2000 5:17:32 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570711

The smokers who get lung cancer were not forced by the tobacco companies to smoke. Yes tobacco is adictive but it is possible to break the addiction and it is also possible to choose to never smoke. Smokers are responsible for their own illness. You might have a weak case for those who became addicted before the federal government mandated warnings but if its ok to sue in that case then maybe the federal government should be sued. It subsidized tobacco and gave cigerettes to soldiers. Basicly I think there are too many lawsuits in the US. In some cases it become a legal lottery. Too often the people suing are partially or in some cases even completly responsible for their own problems, but no one wants to claim responsibility when they can both blame others and get some money from them. Some cities are trying to sue gun manufacturers, some people write seriously about the idea of suing fast food companies for heart attacks after people have eaten their greasy food for years, a man drove his Porshe 911 off the road backwards while drunk and then sued Porshe with his lawyers claiming that because the 911 has its engine in the back it is more prone to oversteer and this should be considered a design fault. Tim