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Originally posted by dave654,
Sorry guys. Despite the trajic early demises of people we know, I lost an aunt just a few weeks ago to a cigarette related illness, cigs should not be illegal. If someone want to take the risk and smoke, that's his or her business. I smoked for twenty years before I was able to kick the habit. If I contract cancer or some other cigarette related illness, it's not the manufacturers problem. I put those coffin nails between my lips, lit it, and inhaled. MY DECISION. |
exactly - same with all drugs. Either we are free individuals with the right to decide for ourselves how we treat our bodies, or, we are slaves to others. This is my body. I will choose what to eat, drink, smoke, and if I have the opportunity to end my life rather than face horrible pain & suffering - then that is my right also.
suburbanite:
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| I think that they need to clean the product up to pure tobacco. It is unethical to sell additives with questionable side effects. |
it is not unethical unless they proclaim that they are not adding anything to the cigarettes (this is fraud). It is up to the consumers to let the manufacturers wht they desire in their products - more/less nicotine, more/les additives, or whatever. It is our responsibility to protect ourselves and our bodies from potentially harmful products if we so desire.
michael
PS: sorry to hear about your loss. That is indeed a tough thing to go through at 16. I lost my mother about 7 years ago to emphasima<sp?> from smoking - but I do not 'blame' anyone but her, and I do not judge her decision to smoke. She enjoyed it while she did it and took the well-known risk associated with smoking. She was an individual adult and lived (and died) by her decision as we all should.