“A groundbreaking trial gets under way in Montreal on Monday against three tobacco companies which face a $25 billion (R189bn) lawsuit for allegedly failing to adequately warn smokers of the dangers of cigarettes.
Plaintiffs have filed two separate class actions against Imperial Tobacco, JTI-Macdonald and Rothmans Benson & Hedges in the Superior Court of Quebec.
The plaintiffs accuse the Canadian tobacco companies of hiding research which has established a link between smoking and serious health problems like cancer.”
Players please.. You’re never alone with a Strand.. I'd Walk a Mile for a Camel.
Of course the tobacco manufacturers advertised their products as good to use. Tell me of a manufacturer that doesn’t.
My paternal grandfather had lung cancer back in the 50’s. He had smoked Woodbines (an un-tipped British brand) for years but was told to give them up in 1944. He did that, but the cancer still got him in 1957. He was one of many.
We don’t smoke because it does us any good in real terms. We smoke because, in our heads, we believe that they calm us down. That is exactly what they do by numbing the nervous system to some degree. And yes, they are addictive.
So what’s with this crap about ‘nobody told us’?
We knew from the first few inhalations that they were doing us no good but we still persisted. Those first puffs wouldn’t have got us addicted, but the PERSONAL choice to continue the practise ensure that we all succumbed.
Recently, there has been a study which suggests that patches and counselling don’t help in the quest to quit. So make the same kind of personal choice as you made as you choked your way through your first cigarette.
Hey, I didn’t say ‘we’ for a reason. You’re on your own with this one. I wasn’t with you when you started and don’t expect me to be there when you quit..
