smoking

We're all entitled to go to hell in our own way, so long as we don't drag anyone else along with us against his or her will. So if you want to smoke, go right ahead -- just as long as I don't have to inhale with you. But, if you're a smoker, let's not pretend that you're anything other than seriously addicted to a toxic substance. And let's not pretend that your addiction is …

…that they knew all along that they were peddling narcotic addiction. Keep an eye on the massive settlements that have started to roll in -- settlements that have the industry heaving sighs of relief, because they could have been much greater. Then ask yourself if the nation's "war on drugs" shouldn't have been directed at this enemy within from the very beginning, and whether it wouldn't make sense to direct it at them starting now.