To: Grainne who wrote (119 ) 5/26/1998 3:19:00 PM From: halfscot Read Replies (1) | Respond to
OT Fair Enough. I'm not averse to seeing all drugs decriminalized at the adult level. By then adults should have the mental capacity to judge for themselves what chances they want to take. If they're stupid enough to take drugs and off themselves then more power to them. I like Darwin's theory of evolution.it is a totally legal product . As such they are allowed to market it any way they want within the confines of the law, which they have done. What's wrong with market research to expand their market as long as it's legal? Every other co. takes great pains and expends millions to make their product more palatable, appealing, etc. Specifically targeting kids w/tobacco is wrong but what kid do you know who doesn't want to be an adult? Almost all marketing in one way or another targets kids. Either make tobacco illegal or leave them alone to operate within the confines of the law as they have done. Make the laws more strict, whatever, but don't come back at them after they've obeyed the law and demogogue the issue into a victimization project. BTW raising the price of cigs will not reduce teen smoking. They get over 2/3rds of their cigs from their parents as cited by CBS. The poorest Americans are the highest percentage of smokers and they can least afford the punitive price/tax increases. The cynic in me sees this as a humongous money/revenue grab by the gov't. for more wasteful spending by bureaucrats.
