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Originally posted by Roguish Lawyer
Aren't we touchy today. More poodle trouble?
I don't follow. Are you telling me that low tar cigarettes aren't less harmful? That light beer doesn't have fewer calories? The latter in particular will piss me off, as I just made the painful switch.
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Advertising. Light cigarettes less harmful? Maybe. But the implication when they first came out was they were ok. They didn't say "Your ass will still get cancer, only it will take longer." They emphasized the "less" and people bought it. I know people that think because they smoke a half a cigareete, they cut their chances of having health problems in half - that came from lights and shorter cigarettes. "Well, if I only smoke half of a light, I stand a 75% less chance of having a problem." Tabacco industry doesn't care, they charge more and you still have to buy the whole pack. The only impact I ever saw was when the surgeon general's warning came out. Now, I don't agree with being able to sue now, after the warnings, but before yes. Who did that, the gobermint.
Do you drink more light beer than you did regular beer? How do you KNOW it has less calories? because the gobermint made them put the info on the cans. that wasn't a consumer thing, it was legislated. And you still don't know for sure. Why did you switch?