Editorial Dancing with death
To smoke or not to smoke?
By Marko Peric
hat is it about holding a smouldering firebrand in one’s
non-smokers,’’ and my personal favorite-- ‘‘Smoking can kill you.’” This writer wonders how well ordinary Bazooka Joe gum would sei! if it brandished the advisory ‘‘Chewing gum can kill you’’.
If tobacce was discovered today, what are the odds that it would be legalized? Imagine the scenario in government labs: ‘‘Here’s a brown leaf product that is highly additive, causes cancer, and contains over one hundred toxic substances. It has no medicina: use whetagever. Should we sell this stuff to the general public?’’
Somehow, I doubt that the answer would be ‘‘Sure, just try to keep it away from kids
mouth that could ever
be considered ‘‘cool’’? Is it that element of danger? Of course, if danger is. cool,
“Here’s a brown leaf product that is highly additive, causes cancer, and contains over one justify the problems caused
under eighteen.’’ There is simply no way to
Te ee ee hundred toxic substances. It has no medicinal © by tobacco products. Over ing with wolverines would 1156 whatsoever. Should we sell this stuff to the ty thousand people died in
be much cooler, as these ac- tivities are much more dan-
Canada last year from smok- ing-related illnesses. That’s
gerous. However, neither has become popular nor widely accepted in society (although subway surfing was common a few years ago).
Mind you, smoking is a hazardous activity, at least if you put any faith in the surgeon general. Emblazoned on the packag- ing of all tobacco products sold in Canada are so many
general public?”
lent crime, automobile acci- dents, and AIDS -- together.
Why do we let this killer run rampant in our society? The only good thing to arise from smoking are the jobs it creates, in fields such as agri- culture, manufacturing, ad- vertising, and in-health care. In all reality, the world
would be a better place if to-
bacco had never been discov-
fun little warnings: ‘‘Ciga-
rettes cause cancer,’’ ‘‘Smoking can harm your children,’’ “‘Tobacco smoke is the leading cause of lung cancer among
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