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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (122897)	1/7/2004 5:15:57 PM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

6. no tobacco use On a 'tangentially' related note, this is from today's NY Post: January 7, 2004 -- FOR years, New Yorkers associated the hushed, rhythmic call of "Smoke, smoke" with hustlers peddling pot and worse in the city's streets and parks. But while the Giuliani war on crime thinned the dealers' ranks, Mayor Bloomberg has opened the door to a new generation of hustlers who have taken up the cry to hawk Marlboros and Newports. And these new smoke peddlers are fast proving far more ambitious and, in many cases, violent than their predecessors. ..... Message 19662704

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (122897)	1/7/2004 6:12:11 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

How then is a responsible parent to respond when her three year old child innocently requests a cheeseburger?

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (122897)	1/7/2004 7:24:25 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"But I think our governments could do a better job being more rational, allocating resources where they do the most good for the most people. For instance, I'd suggest that most of the additional money being spent to prevent v-CJD, could be better spent on public education advocating (in no particular order): 1. wearing seat belts 2. not drinking while driving 3. not using a cellphone while driving 4. condom use 5. sex only within marriage. 6. no tobacco use 7. the sanctity of all life, or at least all human life" You've missed a very important health problem in the US, obesity. A cost benefit analysis of the short, medium, and long term effects of obesity on the US society would show a far greater benefit through a reduction of the number of kilograms of human fat than any of the 7 points on your list. A second point that you have neglected is the alarming increase in consumer debt. A third point is the migration of jobs to non-US countries. Some risk assessment here is sorely needed. A fourth point is the deficit.