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Cancer Society Logic Submitted by Callum McPetrie on Fri, 2008-04-25 08:22.
The Cancer Society is once again having its routine blabbles over the sale of tobacco and cigarettes in supermarkets, claiming that sale should be out of the public's view and that it is "incomprehensible" that public sale is permitted in supermarkets. But, as usual, something escaped their minds. What is the substance(s) most discreetly sold in New Zealand, and all over the world? The answer to that would be: illegal drugs. After all, NO ONE sells illegal drugs in supermarkets and if you want to buy them, you usually have to meet a secret contact somewhere in a dark alley, where sky-high prices are the norm. There's no market (or government) protection of the industry and those in it in the illegal drugs trade. If you have to rob someone at knifepoint or gunpoint in order to pay for the drugs, so be it. If you get murdered after the transaction, your loss. Maybe the Cancer Society should consider the effects of making drugs illegal, and driving them underground. Unfortunately, logic escapes such organizations, who are more often than not out to increase their own power base.
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I'm
surprised we don't have a 'Ministry for Fatties' yet, striving to drive chocolate underground and compulsory gymnasiums for our Rubenesque friends..
I wish the Cancer Society
would just stick to pointing out that (1) smoking greatly increases the risk of lung cancer and (2) by the time you are diagnosed with lung cancer, it's too late.
And if after hearing and understanding that, people still go out and smoke then on their own heads be it. You can lead a man to knowledge but you can't make him think.
Once they realize that, they could then focus on raising money so as to address point number 2.
Finding the cancer before it's too late is the crucial step. Killing a small tumor (provided it isn't in a vital spot in a vital organ) is easy.
Logic and reason
are sadly considered archaic and optional. Good point about the obvious repercussions of limiting access to cigarettes. Too bad good points don't mean much anymore as we are all entitled to our opinions no matter how stupid.
Excellent point Callum
And as for those ugly graphic pictures plastered all over cigarette packets, what on earth are they trying to achieve.
Most smokers that I know have wisely invested in decorative cigarette tins. Sleek, elegant, far more attractive on the eye and easier to fit in your pockets.