Overall a good thing I feel.Originally Posted by BBC
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Good job Canada!
How about free choice is the key to everything, and addiction, at the level of nicotine, robs you of that. How the fuck can you endorse a product that massively addicts its users? Making nicotine the illegal drug that it should be doesn't mean we should continue the lunacy of the War on Drugs. But it does mean we don't sell the shit in stores.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
No, not "everyone" who smokes tobacco gets addicted to nicotene. Just as not "everyone" who drinks alcohol becomes an alcoholic.
I've known plenty of recreational or social smokers that aren't addicted to tobacco. It's probably easier to be a drinker than a smoker, due to today's socio-cultural norms. Plenty of cocktail parties, beer laden tail gate parties, or golf outings with binge drinkers and on-the-verge alcohol addicts, many of whom drive away intoxicated with altered judgement and cause accidents (but second hand smoke is worse?) Weird way to support Uber or self-driving cars as a "health initiative" for drinkers, huh.
Legal at home was a reply to Rand.
Last edited by GGT; 10-20-2018 at 02:35 AM.
The Rules
Copper- behave toward others to elicit treatment you would like (the manipulative rule)
Gold- treat others how you would like them to treat you (the self regard rule)
Platinum - treat others the way they would like to be treated (the PC rule)
Agreed
ETA: But with added impairment checks as with alcohol, such as being under the influence while driving or being a professional where impairment has an impact such as pilots or operators of heavy machinery.
Sorry Choobs, but I'm one of those people.
For ten years, from the age of 18 to 28, I was a casual smoker - only smoking when out in pubs and bars socially or with friends at home having a drink, and never at any other time - it became a sort of self-imposed rule. While on a trip to south america and hiking at altitude, I noticed others on the trip who were much older than me were struggling less with being out of breath. I put that down to smoking having a negative impact on my breathing abilities, even though only a casual smoker. I gave up on the spot, didn't touch another cigarette, and didn't miss smoking afterward.
Pornography is legal at home but I wouldn't show it to children. Treat second hand smoke in front of children as child abuse but have it legal at home so long as there are no kids present.
Pollute your own lungs at home I don't give a shit. Don't pollute innocent kids with that poison. The fact they may be your kids doesn't give you a right to do so any more than it would give you a right to inject children with cocaine.