I don’t smoke, but I have friends that do. They want to quit but just can’t seem to do it. I used to think it was lack of willpower, but after watching this story on the news, I am thinking very differently.
Apparently, a study just came out showing that the larger tobacco companies have increased the nicotine levels by 10% or more since 1998. You can read more about it here and here or do a news search for the latest. The TV news program I was watching said that the nicotine levels in Marlboro – the preferred brand among the younger set – Newport and Camel cigarettes rose every year, and Kool cigarettes, which are marketed toward minorities, rose as much as 20%.
Um… How can I put this? THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HELL. I’m sorry, but if there is a hell, these assholes are going. They are just plain evil. I think every person here in the US, and most other countries in the world, knows at least one person who has died from smoking. We are all affected by it. My father in-law died from lung cancer. How do you think my husband felt, at age 22, when he lost his dad?
It just blows me away how these pricks claim they are trying to help people quit and inform the public about the dangers of smoking while doing this. How can they look us in the face? How do they sleep at night? Maybe their next plan is to open up a bunch of clinics to help people stop smoking, and charge for it. I wouldn’t be surprised.
Leah said
Of course the clinics would be working on the progressive patch system….progressively stronger!!! I have to admit…I just quit smoking this past Christmas and it has been a stuggle…and I watch my husband struggle with it everyday! 2003 I lost my step-dad to lung cancer! I don’t believe this is just an issue to rant about…this is an issue to get down right PISSSED ABOUT!!! Ahhhh…but the goverment gets too much money from these companies to really put their foot down too much! I agree with you….BASTARDS!!!
mybitchfest said
Thanks Leah!