Many people would say it's because not only is smoking dangerous for your health, but it's also harmful to others'. However, consider these:
1) Health disease is the number one killer in the U.S., not lung cancer (from secondhand smoke or otherwise). If there's such thing as a dangerous activity, it's eating too much unhealthy food and forgetting to exercise afterward. We should now treat obese people with just as much contempt!
2) Spreading gossips causes just as much harm to others. For one thing, it may result in psychological damage for objects of gossips, which may lead to depressions or, in worst cases, suicides. In the case of secondhand gossips, innocent passerbys will develop a significantly lower IQ and tendencies to murder teenagers with superficial concerns. Either way, not good.
In summary: just as obese people and gossipers are treated as human beings, so should smokers be!
2006-08-12
10:49:37
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