You've come a long way baby.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

Little Billy was the fattest kid in his class
Always the last in line
All the other little kids would laugh at him
Said he'd die before his time

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Little Billy didn't mind

Most of the kids smoke cigarettes
Just to prove that they were cool
The teacher didn't know about the children's games
And Billy always followed the rules

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Little Billy didn't mind

Billy was big on the outside
But there's an even bigger man inside
Ten million cigarettes burning every day
And Billy's still doing fine

Now Billy and his classmates are middle-aged
With children of their own
Their smoking games are reality now
And cancer's seed is sown

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Little Billy's didn't mind

Most of them smoke maybe 40 a day
A habit Billy doesn't share
One by one they're passing away
Leaving orphans to Billy's care

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Little Billy doesn't mind

Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Little Billy's doing fine

/The WHO!

WHO attempts to clamp down on tobacco ads targeting women, who are apparently less intelligent and able to make their own decisions than men, thus needing protection


Farkin Virginia Slims have been doing this for a while.

Okay, tobacco is a legal product. Corporations that choose to sell it should be allowed to advertise said product to any demographic that is legally allowed to buy or use said product.

This does remind me a bit of a conversation I had with a friend of mine last weekend over dinner. I don't remember what started the conversation, but it got to the point where I said "Smoking is a legal practice. If I bought the land and building and opened up a restaurant then it should be my right to determine if smoking is allowed in the building and anyone who walks in and complains about smoking should be escorted from the building at once. It should not be within the rights of the government to determine that I can or can not allow smoking. And not just smoking. If I want to open up a restaurant with a sign saying 'No Blacks Allowed', that, as the owner of the land, building, and business, should be my right and not within the power of the government to tell me that I have to allow a demographic that I might not want in my building and won't make feel welcomed if they walked in."

/No, I'm not a racist
//Just hate government pushing in on what should be owner's rights.

Fano: Girls who smoke, poke

They wear strap-ons? Really?

frizzantik: Great Janitor: /No, I'm not a racist


... you just sound like one?

because I believe that a bar owner should be allowed to choose his customers for ANY reason and that the government should not have the authority to tell him otherwise.

Some 5 million people die every year from tobacco-related heart attacks, strokes and cancers, including 1.5 million women, according to WHO. Another 430,000 adults die annually from exposure to second-hand smoke, two in three of them women.

Well, to be fair, those are some pretty High Numbers.

karmachameleon: Great Janitor: Okay, tobacco is a legal product. Corporations that choose to sell it should be allowed to advertise said product to any demographic that is legally allowed to buy or use said product.

This does remind me a bit of a conversation I had with a friend of mine last weekend over dinner. I don't remember what started the conversation, but it got to the point where I said "Smoking is a legal practice. If I bought the land and building and opened up a restaurant then it should be my right to determine if smoking is allowed in the building and anyone who walks in and complains about smoking should be escorted from the building at once. It should not be within the rights of the government to determine that I can or can not allow smoking. And not just smoking. If I want to open up a restaurant with a sign saying 'No Blacks Allowed', that, as the owner of the land, building, and business, should be my right and not within the power of the government to tell me that I have to allow a demographic that I might not want in my building and won't make feel welcomed if they walked in."

/No, I'm not a racist
//Just hate government pushing in on what should be owner's rights.

Yes, actually, you are racist. The very fact that you can't see why you're racist is one of the reasons you are, in fact, racist.

/but if you really need the help, I'll tell you why
//just wondering if you can figure it out for yourself first

Actually, you read one thing I wrote and said "He's a racist." Never actually met me in person. Just read that I should have a right to open up a business and decline serving someone based on skin color and said "racist." Never read where I said I wanted to do that or would do that, just that I think that all business owners should have that right and that the government should not have the authority to dictate who a business owner must serve or if that business owner can decide if they want to allow smoking or not.