I was waiting for some food at a Restraunt the other day and I noticed a government advertisement (a.k.a my tax dollars) next to their cigarettes... "Cigarettes kill 1 out of every 2 long term smokers.".
If the government knows that smoking is so bad, why do they even allow the sale of tobacco in their country? I know a lot of people smoke (myself included), so banning tobacco would cause a pretty big uproar, I know. However, I pay taxes to what I would ASSUME is a responsible government. If my government didn't give me the opportunity to buy cigarettes by allowing their sale in my country, would I be a smoker right now?
I'm tired of seeing the price of cigarettes go up because of a new tax, only to see those tax dollars spent on advertisemtents telling us how bad smoking is. If smoking is so bad that they need to spend millions of dollars to tell us about it, and complain about how smokers drain government funds, don't let us but them in the first place...
Am I wrong?
2006-10-01
05:54:50
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23 answers
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Charlie C
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