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The "assault on freedom" route is what critics are fighting against here. No one wants a nanny state of course but when it comes to health, it's an obvious choice. Thanks for your input and congrats on 24+ years smoke quit!

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G’day NOPE .....Not One Puff Ever. tides out on a slate grey morning

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I absolutely support the legislation and applaud the courage and principled positions that underwrite it. 100 million people died from cigarettes in the 20th Century, and I'm pretty convinced that centuries from now, people will view our implicit and explicit complicity with corporate tobacco as one of the most profound moral shames of the entire era. There is simply no analogue to the level of lethality and addictiveness of the substance and the mendacity of industry, which is why comparisons to things like 1920's Prohibition are weak at best. The industry has spent BILLIONS of dollars over the past 75 years normalizing and politicizing the notion that eliminating the product would be an assault on freedom, and they've been pretty darn effective; those dollars and the entities that accepted the cash and the absurd equation of smoking and freedom are really the only differences between corporate tobacco products and, say, Thalidamide or DDTs. For those interested in a thoughtful, trenchantly argued, and deeply researched monograph on the subject, I recommend Robert Proctor's 2011 book, Golden Holocaust (U of CA P). Christian99 (a proud abolitionist)-- 24+ Years Quit

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Corruption at its finest! Thank you, your view sure feels better than my "it's pointless" view. Now to source bifocals...

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Hey @Lars. Hope you’re well and doing something special to celebrate. A major milestone!

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