Taking Over

Some years ago, the government, in its infinite wisdom, declared smoking to be dangerous, on very thin “evidence.” They have never been able to definitively PROVE their thesis, but that hasn’t stopped them from putting limits on the way they can advertise cigarettes (like causing Winston to stop sponsoring NASCAR racing) and banning cigarette advertising in magazines and newspapers. Then they forced cigarette makers to put labels on every pack sold telling their lies. No law has ever been made to declare smoking illegal, but they persist in their propaganda program to destroy the tobacco industry. Now they want to increase the size of their labels on cigarette packs to cover fully HALF of BOTH SIDES of each pack, and print gory pictures they SAY is disease caused by smoking (even though there’s nothing but statistical inference “proof” of it).

I predict that in the not so distant future, they will insist on 100% of the pack for their grisly pictures. Manufacturer’s logos will be restricted to only one panel, probably on the bottom. People will continue to smoke in spite of all this, and in desperation, they will FINALLY ban smoking, altogether. All without a shred of real proof that smoking is bad for you. Mind you, I’m not saying it ISN’T, just that they have not proven it to my satisfaction, but that doesn’t stop them from trying to make that decision FOR you. It's just one more of the decisions that should be YOURS that they want to take over after "conditioning" you. Just for your information: I haven't smoked in 20 years so I have no "dog in this fight." (Yahoo Answers)