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Smoker's Widow loses case against tobacco company
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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 112602" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>I am sure my response will invoke great debate but I feel I never did have the choice.</p><p>I started smoking as soon as I was conceived, I was a passive smoker after I was born and have been a true smoker since the age of 11, I decided to give up before my 50th birthday (no applause please ) it is now 13 months since and I have put on 2 stone in weight and I do not feel any healthier, I exercise every day and very ocassionally I could murder for a fag (but mostly the cravings are gone) but I exercised my choice to stop. Everyone with an ounce of intelligence knew and knows that smoking is bad for you. Animals know it and run away from it, bees know it and fly away from it, but as human beings we choose to ignore the instinctive reaction and the facts. Yes the tobacco companies did know it was addictive many decades ago but they chose not to disclose the fact. Even though we have all been made aware of the facts in some cases through experience in other through graphic TV programmes we all know it is bad for us. The point being we choose to ignore advice and that is the way it should be. We should have that choice. Some will argue that smokers should pay more towards their medical expenses or the NHS, in that case so should a skier who breaks a leg or a rugby player who cracks a rib or a footballer who breaks a leg. Do we therefore stop people flying in aeroplanes because they may get a DVT. In this particular court case I feel that the cigarette company should be liable and should pay a very large sum to a charitable organisation <strong>not </strong>to the widow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 112602, member: 186250"] I am sure my response will invoke great debate but I feel I never did have the choice. I started smoking as soon as I was conceived, I was a passive smoker after I was born and have been a true smoker since the age of 11, I decided to give up before my 50th birthday (no applause please ) it is now 13 months since and I have put on 2 stone in weight and I do not feel any healthier, I exercise every day and very ocassionally I could murder for a fag (but mostly the cravings are gone) but I exercised my choice to stop. Everyone with an ounce of intelligence knew and knows that smoking is bad for you. Animals know it and run away from it, bees know it and fly away from it, but as human beings we choose to ignore the instinctive reaction and the facts. Yes the tobacco companies did know it was addictive many decades ago but they chose not to disclose the fact. Even though we have all been made aware of the facts in some cases through experience in other through graphic TV programmes we all know it is bad for us. The point being we choose to ignore advice and that is the way it should be. We should have that choice. Some will argue that smokers should pay more towards their medical expenses or the NHS, in that case so should a skier who breaks a leg or a rugby player who cracks a rib or a footballer who breaks a leg. Do we therefore stop people flying in aeroplanes because they may get a DVT. In this particular court case I feel that the cigarette company should be liable and should pay a very large sum to a charitable organisation [b]not [/b]to the widow. [/QUOTE]
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