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Originally posted by Azred:
Well, if those people had not been successful in their suits against the tobacco companies, this kind of lawsuit probably would not be happening. I agree that smoking increases the incidence of various diseases, but the tobacco companies never forced anyone to smoke.
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Sorry, but those are two different things. Like I said above, everybody has known for a long time that non-varied, high-fat food is unhealthy. However, people that started smoking a long time ago were mislead into thinking it wasn't dangerous. There have even been commercials saying smoking is good for you! The tobacco industry has long been hiding facts about the addictiveness of nicotine, so these lawsuits actually make *some* sense.
[ 07-26-2002, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]