OK, now I'm really PO'd. We're talking borderline postal. All I need is a target. And a weapon. And a plane ticket to get to the manufacturer of that travesty.
Deep breath, deep breath.
I just honestly cannot believe that the anti-tobbaco organizations like the American Cancer Society and American Lung Association and the others have been so wimpy on their approach to tobacco. It's almost as if they are afraid if they do too good they'll be out of a job so they do just enough to seem busy, but never actually accomplish the goal.
Products like that fake cigarette should be banned. Sale and possession should be against the law just like any other drug paraphenalia.
People need to be educated that this drug nicotine is more addictive than heroin, cocaine, amphetimine, and any other illegal drug. The direct comparison between a smoker and a heroin junkie needs to be made, blatantly. Then, perhaps, the lady behind the counter would be shocked and appalled, not just rolling her eyes.
The fact that second-hand smoke kills also needs to be more promenent. Perhaps a junkie mixes up a really big hit, puts in in the bottle of an air gun used for injections, and goes around shooting people with it would be a good scene. If the police raid a meth lab in a home and there are children there, the children are taken for their protection. Yet children live every day in homes cloudy with smoke from their parents' cigarettes.
OK, more deep breaths. *getting down off the soap box* I'm done.
Shevie
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 390
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 7,816
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1482
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 72 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 29 [B]Seconds:[/B] 21
