oscar;1286352 wrote: When I light a Ciggerette, I don't get In my car and mow down an Innocent child.
An Example:
I was OUTSIDE my Docs surgery waiting to be called. He was running late so I went for a Cigg outside. A woman came out and objected to my smoking near the door. I politely told her that I would stand further away from the door. Then she got Into a 10 seater gas guzzler, revved her engine feet away from me, enveloping me in a haze of exhaust fumes. It was at this point I told her to F**K off.
Anyone who critisizes smokers are 9 times out of 10 damn hypocrites as this woman was.
The people who object to smoking are usually the one's who will run down a child In their car because they have had one to many to drink or dosed up on prescription drugs. Then they belch out their exhaust fumes polluting our planet yet with a smug over-tone because they don't smoke... Yeah.. well try walking to get your McDonalds next time.
You are correct that SUV's are just as bad.
So long as the cost of smokes include the cost of medical treatment to reverse the damage caused by smoking (cancer, stroke, heart disease, etc) ... and your bad health practices are not driving up health insurance costs for everyone else. it's no one else's business.
I would suspect though, other people are subsidizing the total cost of a person's health abuse. Since with the cost of medical treatment, I doubt there's a way to make smoking and treatment self-sufficient. A pack might have to be well over $100, to cover the cancer treatments alone.
