The argument is that the use of tobacco causes illness which ends up costing society in general through lost wages & production, charity reserves, and tax dollars. It's bullshit.
I agree completely, but you'll never convince an anti-smoking nazi of that......for them it is a quest, a mission.......they don't let facts get in their way......and, to an extent it isn't ideological.
Retired in April (and a smoker), and haven't had an illness that required time off from work in fifteen years.......and my MIL is 93, and still smokes two packs of Marlboros a day.......still going strong.
To an extent it is similiar to the "climate change" crowd.....
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