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Tobacco Truth Gets Smoked

/ Wrote: Jan 28, 2011 11:57 PM

"My question is.. should your neighbor not have the Genes of Methuselah as apparently you do and in lacking such protective gense thus become ill (with lung cancer) are you willing to endure elevated taxation in the form of enlarged medical premiums via 'universal' health care thus reducing your net worth in order that such can be used to treat his utterly preventable disease? Or.. are you going to tell him to sell the farm to pay for treatment. .. "Such will take away from your beer, bong & bullet funds you realize." Sorry, but read this... me know...http://townhall.com/columnists/SteveChapman/2010/01/10/tobacco_truth_gets_smoked#

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Tobacco Truth Gets Smoked

Upon thinking of someone using “smokeless tobacco,” you may immediately think: a vile, disgusting habit with no redeeming social value. That, it turns out, is only half-true. It may be vile and disgusting with a good deal of social value.

Not in an absolute sense. Dipping snuff or chewing tobacco can lead to nicotine addiction, gum disease and even oral cancer, while scaring off potential employers and romantic partners in droves. But in relative terms -- relative to smoking -- it could be a boon to individual and public...

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