This might be true if the decision to smoke or not were truly an informed
and independent one.  However, tobacco companies spend billions of
dollars to manipulate vulnerable people (kids under age 16) to start
smoking.  Further, smoking is an addiction which means people can't just
'quit' whenever they want.  The health of our children is certainly
everyone's business.  What we need is someway to balance up the effect of
the massive advertising campaigns, etc. from tobacco companies.
 
Nick Birkett,
Univesrity of Ottawa.
 
On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, Phyllis Stoffman wrote:
 
> >I don't think it is any of my business of you smoke, frankly. This is
> >a topic that is much overdone.
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> I agree with this comment.
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