We live in a world of pollution.
everything we do or use is polluting.,
the mani question is How Much??
If we compare the pollution of smoking with automibile pollution we find that it is only a miniscule part of pollution.
if we stand in a busy throughfare we will inhale more polluted air than the smoke of 50000 cigarettes in half and hour.
Every pollution is acceptable after a comparison of the necessity and the proportionate damage to health/economy/politics etc.
We should encourage smoking because:
Our economy is dependant on the taxes accrued from this.If the government bans
smoking itstands to lose the salaries of at least 50000 government staff who have to be provided for. Look at Singapore- it has banned smoking as it is not ependant on its revenue and it does not have agrilture land connected to tobacco.
If tobacco plantation is banned lot of farmers will be out of work adding to the poverty of the country.
A more sober and realistic view would be to offer sops for smoking because they are already contributing to the state coffers by way of excise duty and sales tax.
so at least they should be given tax breaks based on consumption..
there should be awards for highest smoker.
ad campaigns like " A CIGARETTE A DAY KEEPS THE TAXMAN AWAY"
All those anti pollution lobbyists should first start using bicycles instead of pollution cars.
I know of high profile Anti Smoking Lobbyists taking their car 5 kms to have their morning walk. this is the irony of such movements.
further we should propagate smoking so that multination drug companies can make more money, and contribute to antismoking propaganda.
Passive Smokers- a very simple answer to avoid passive smoking- start smoking.
I love smoking. i will continue smoking and will also propagate smoking.
remember atlas shrugged!!
If All smokers stoped smoking imagine the chaos of unpaid government salaries farmer suicides Drug companies going out of business,Doctors increasing their fees - and finaly
NO VISIBLE REDUCTION IN THE POLLUTED CITY AIRS.
SO IS SMOKING A HAZARD???
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