It is estimated that smoking causes some 120 000 premature deaths
every year, of which about a quarter are from lung cancer and around
one fifth are from chronic obstructive lung disease - bronchitis and
emphysema. Statistics show that the incidence of cancer increases
linearly with the number of cigarettes smoked. The presence of tar
and all the other chemicals found in cigarettes accounts for the damage
and subsequent uncontrolled reproduction of lung wall cells.
There is no
argument against this. Smoking cigarettes does
increase the
user's
risk of
fatal lung diseases.
However, what is the
government's
motivation in
informing us of this (or any of the
warnings for that
matter)? Are they really
concerned for people's
health?
Philanthropic?
Altruistic?
NO.
CHEAP.
In
Canada, they are only concerned about the
cost of taking care of the
old sods who are dying from their
lifetime habit, and it's too
damned
expensive. While there's nothing
wrong with them trying to
pare their
immense budgets, it's the
mode of
thought that's
disturbing.
You see, it's also been
scientifically
supported that
excess of
McDonald's food causes fatal heart diseaseand that
Walking around downtown during summer contributes to obstructive lung disease.
So why
target cigarettes? It's because of the
cuts that they had to make to
cigarette taxes when the
prices were so
high that
smuggling was more popular than
legally
purchasing them.
let them die when it's making us the cash, but stop them if it's costing us too much money. it's so fucking obvious.
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