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[joym999 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Rita Winston <catlady at w...> wrote:
> Simon's sig said:
> >  "... smoking causes early morality..." - BBC news 
> > coverage of a recent report into the effects of smoking.
> 
> Is that a new way of publicizing that smoking causes impotence?
> 

LOL!

Speaking of smoking and morality, here is something I heard on the 
radio today -- this is probably way OT even for the OT list but it is 
so ridiculous I have to mention it.  

Philip Morris (the tobacco company) just put out a report about the 
financial advantages of cigarette smoking which points out that 
cigarette smoking SAVES the government money, because people who 
smoke tend to die sooner than people who dont, so the government 
doesnt have to support as many retirees (pensioners in the UK).

Wow.  Maybe we should also get rid of all the environmental standards 
and let power plants and factories pollute some more, so that more 
children will die of asthma-related problems.  After all, children 
are awfully expensive to educate.  And if we eliminate stoplights, 
street signs, and traffic laws in really poor neighborhoods, just 
think how many more poor people who collect welfare would die in car 
accidents!  The government would save a fortune!

OK, I will get off my soapbox now.  Thank you for letting me rant and 
rave.

--Joywitch, who really hates tobacco companies