Because, in a bang for immediate buck sense, we save truckloads more lives more quickly, and free up public dollars otherwise lost through a slow and debilitatiung disease, but reducing the incidence of smoking.
I'd rather hpe that as a society we do both, and that a lackof action in one, isn't a great reason for cessation of action in another.
And lets not even get into the joys of the environmental impacts of tobacco farming, production, transport and waste (industrial and post-consumer).
Fark, I enjoy the odd ciggie after a few too many beers on a big social occasion, but at least I'm not blinded by my own stupidity about it. |