Posted by Lou Pilder on March 12, 2008, at 15:07:55
In reply to Lou's reply to rsk's post-absrdarg » rskontos, posted by Lou Pilder on March 12, 2008, at 13:31:54
> > Lou, my only reply is to cry. that is all i can do now. because my inners are very upsest i am sorry i have to go.
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> > rsk
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> rsk,
> I do understand so if and when you return, I think that if all the members here that could offer support and education to you come forward, that there could be a remedy for your situation.
> I would like for you to consider the following while you are away if you are going to return:
> The tobacco companies deal with that about 2,000,000 people die each year that the scientific community attributes as being from the effects of using tobacco, mostly smoking that causes lung cancer and heart disease and other cancers and emphysema. The tobacco companies used to put out their attempt to show that there are positive benifits, according to them from their product that contains the drug,nicotine, in that the 2 million deaths could relieve some governments of money that they would have had to pay older people in social security like payments that they do not have to pay, and health care public costs that they would not have to pay to older people since they died an early age from the use of tobacco products. I do not know if they are still putting out that type of defense as a positive aspect of their product. I could tie this example in with other examples if you return and would like to continue.
> Lou
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Friends,
Here is a link to a citation where the tobacco industry tells a government thata deaths from tobacco use will save them money. This was in 2001 and I do not know if the companies still use this type of claim that there are positive benifits of the use of tobacco products in relation that the early deaths save the country money. Also, a correction to the 2 million deaths could be more like 3 million today since I was thinking in 2001 terms.
Lou
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2001/industry-tells-government.html
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