Thread: Tobacco business murders 3 x 9-11s per day

Originally Posted by raycarey

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i remember a few months ago, there was a stat that someone was more likely to be hit by lightning or die in a plane crash than be killed by a terrorist (i can't remember exactly which). i wonder what that stat might be for being killed by the US govt or those acting on its behalf.

the tobacco business murders 3 x 9-11s per day

The tobacco biz does not "murder" anybody.
They sell tobacco products which may cause fatal illness under certain conditions.

Originally Posted by foreigner

Originally Posted by spiff

The tobacco biz does not "murder" anybody.
They sell tobacco products which may cause fatal illness under certain conditions.

same as meth or crack or guns .. or cars & mcdonalds

Yeah, thanks for confirming it's got nothing to do with "murder".

may .. under certain conditions? .. & it's a 100% probability negative impact on health under any conditions.

Yeah, "negative impact", that's a little different from death or murder.
Posting gory pics does nothing to further your argument, but it is on the same level of hyperbole and appealing to an emotional response as your earlier post.

wtf happened here? ... not that I'm opposed ...

smokers and Guantanamo... no problem with me, kinda lacking in quarters, though, ain't it? ....
Maybe dump a few liters of water in their pipes, eh? Strap it to their faces ....

Originally Posted by foreigner

we agree that tobacco dealers are same same as meth dealers & tobacco addicts are the same as meth addicts. should tobacco be illegal or meth legal?

That's not quite what I said, and it belongs in a different topic.

Originally Posted by Texpat

wtf happened here? ... not that I'm opposed ...

smokers and Guantanamo... no problem with me, kinda lacking in quarters, though, ain't it? ....
Maybe dump a few liters of water in their pipes, eh? Strap it to their faces ....

used as directed:

Tobacco kills more people each year than losses from WW I, Korea and Vietnam combined, approximately equal to WW II losses

20 % or 1 in 5 of all deaths in the US are attributable to smoking. Smokers have a 70% higher death rate than nonsmokers

Tobacco kills more Americans each year than alcohol, cocaine, crack, heroin, homicide, suicide, car accidents, fires and aids combined.

Originally Posted by foreigner

Smokers have a 70% higher death rate than nonsmokers

Funny, I thought every bugger had a 100% death rate.

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Only in the US: "20 % or 1 in 5 of all deaths in the US are attributable to smoking."
I always suspected there is something odd about the place.