Re:CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
by liebknecht on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @01:52PM
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That's not it. Cigarettes also bring a large amount of pleasure to people. ...
Of course things are more nuanced, when it comes down to the matter of lifestyle and individual choice.
But it's kind of beside the main point. Which is: when it comes to their tireless efforts to tear down nearly any reasonable safeguards (whether in the form of health warnings on packaging, or access to minors) -- and especially the extent to which they resort to FUD and blatant anti-intellectualism to achieve these ends -- the tobacco lobby simply has no case.
Of course things are more nuanced, when it comes down to the matter of lifestyle and individual choice.
But it's kind of beside the main point. Which is: when it comes to their tireless efforts to tear down nearly any reasonable safeguards (whether in the form of health warnings on packaging, or access to minors) -- and especially the extent to which they resort to FUD and blatant anti-intellectualism to achieve these ends -- the tobacco lobby simply has no case.