re: Why do cigarettes have such a bad reputation?

I have a profound, philosophical objection to any program that spends taxpayer money on discouraging perfectly legal behavior. Those anti-smoking ads are probably the best example.

Thank you for smoking is a pretty good movie

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If you are constantly around it. You ain’t gonna catch cancer because you walked past someone with a cigarette

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But a kid in the car every day being driven around can.

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I have a profound, philosophical objection to any program that spends taxpayer money on discouraging perfectly legal behavior. Those anti-smoking ads are probably the best example.

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There are some pretty overwhelming public policy reasons to spend taxpayer dollars on anti-smoking campaigns, not the least of which is the fact they save taxpayer money in the long term.

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think it’s less about what it does to the individual smoker and more that non smokers don’t want to smell it everywhere they go

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What if I don’t want to smell your Hai Karate?

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Even if it saves taxpayers money in the long run with having to cover their medical bills?

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Even if.

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you're going to die

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So are you

Ummm...because they reek? Because smokers stink to high heaven even when not actively smoking?

If it's good enough for ONJ, it's good enough for me.

Cigs are not more harmful as alcohol or cheeseburgers. Most vices actually.

What is more harmful, whiskey, cheeseburgers or cigarettes? If you had the same amount of each. 1 cig a week vs 1 cheeseburger a week vs 1 bourbon a week? What about 10 cigs a day or 10 cheeseburgers a day or 10 bourbons a day?

Not sure why people are so up in arms about it either.