I think the Tobacco Settlement with the states was where the tobacco companies paid for keeping it a secret. States get billions a year from the tobacco companies for that. The lawsuits make them pay again. If the Columbian drug lords begin supplying cigarettes, they will not be sued.
Lawman, sorry about your mom’s diagnosis. Tell her it is not easy but she can taper off over a period of time. A New York cab driver told me that he kept his pack in the trunk of his cab so he would not light up so easily. He smoked less and less over the weeks until he could quit totally. I dropped two cigarettes a day for a week, then the next week I smoked two less each day for that week. Some bad days I would cheat, but I would always go back to the schedule the next day. The first no smoke day was the worst (but tolerable), but it got better every day. I did cheat with one occasionally, but my pack was in my trunk because of what the cabbie told me. It worked. No pills, no patches, and no cold turkey (which sounds like it would be terrible and never work).
If we can make the tobacco companies pay for our stupidity, shouldn’t we be able to sue MacDonalds for our waistlines. Or do we have to sue the farmer who raised the beef? Is it any wonder that just about every country that revolted got rid of the lawyers first?
If the almighty government is so concerned about all of us why haven’t they made tobacco illegal? Do you think it has anything to do with the millions they collect in taxes?
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I think the Tobacco Settlement with the states was where the tobacco companies paid for keeping it a secret. States get billions a year from the tobacco companies for that. The lawsuits make them pay again. If the Columbian drug lords begin supplying cigarettes, they will not be sued.
Lawman, sorry about your mom’s diagnosis. Tell her it is not easy but she can taper off over a period of time. A New York cab driver told me that he kept his pack in the trunk of his cab so he would not light up so easily. He smoked less and less over the weeks until he could quit totally. I dropped two cigarettes a day for a week, then the next week I smoked two less each day for that week. Some bad days I would cheat, but I would always go back to the schedule the next day. The first no smoke day was the worst (but tolerable), but it got better every day. I did cheat with one occasionally, but my pack was in my trunk because of what the cabbie told me. It worked. No pills, no patches, and no cold turkey (which sounds like it would be terrible and never work).
If we can make the tobacco companies pay for our stupidity, shouldn’t we be able to sue MacDonalds for our waistlines. Or do we have to sue the farmer who raised the beef? Is it any wonder that just about every country that revolted got rid of the lawyers first?
If the almighty government is so concerned about all of us why haven’t they made tobacco illegal? Do you think it has anything to do with the millions they collect in taxes?
Not to be paranoid, but some prominent politicians are wealthy due to the tobacco industry. Family wealth.
There have been class actions re Alcohol abuse – but everyone has failed to date.