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To: j_b who wrote (8319)	10/8/1998 10:29:00 PM
From: jbe	Respond to of 67261

I am surprised that you did not mention alcohol, j_b. Certainly a highly addictive substance, for many people. And a substance that we once tried criminalizing -- with notoriously poor results. jbe

To: j_b who wrote (8319)	10/8/1998 10:39:00 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

off topic: smoking..... << The problem with this type of logic is that many products are addictive to some degree. >> Caffeine, if addictive, is mildly addictive. I think that the main issue is nicotine and not other addictive substances. It's not fair to make a product, that is harmful to people's health, and to make it addictive. << Somewhere, somehow, people have to be allowed to make their own mistakes. >> But they don't need any help doing things that are harmful to them. It's not a level playing field when you put an extremely addictive product, like nicotine, in a harmful product. Anyway........ what are your plans, this time, to quit smoking? Do you feel that you have a change at succeeding? The only reason that I was able to quit was because each cigarette burned my lungs like hell. I had no choice. And it still took me eight years to get over the urge. Regards, Bob