| The turn of the Millenium has brought about a small | | | | prove they can.We now have employees crammed |
| change in the conscience of mankind as a whole. | | | | into airtight smoking rooms to have their breaktime |
| We're finally starting to focus more on the true value | | | | cigarette. How long before one of them sues for |
| of life and it's real meaning. We're slowly losing our | | | | prejudice against smokers? Or sues because they got |
| taste for corrupt governments, terrorism, warfare and | | | | cancer at a massively accelerated rate due to being |
| all the associated pain and hardship. It looks that | | | | exposed to toxic levels of secondhand smoke?Is it |
| mankind, at last, may be heading for a brighter | | | | right to do this? Smoking is a nasty habit. Does this |
| future.Part of this growth has been the realization that | | | | mean that you lose all your civil rights as a human |
| smoking is bad for you. This coupled with numerous | | | | being just because you smoke? What about the |
| high profile court cases against tobacco companies | | | | massive pollution caused by cars? For example police |
| has seen smoking become less and less popular | | | | on the streets of Bombay in India have to use oxygen |
| amongst the general population. It's no longer seen as | | | | masks every 60 minutes to flush their lungs out - the |
| being polite or acceptable and there are now | | | | pollution is that bad. Is there any possibility that cars |
| numerous extremely graphic television adverts to | | | | may be banned soon? Not likely.Reformed smokers |
| reinforce the message - "Smoking Will Kill You".As part | | | | (there's no such thing as an ex smoker) can be the |
| of this "War Against Smokerism" smoking cigarettes, | | | | worst of the lot. They're far too fond of standing on |
| cigars or pipes is being banned in more places each | | | | soapboxes and letting their vapid opinions be known. |
| day. Initially it's just been in bars and in large shopping | | | | They love coughing as loudly as possible when walking |
| malls. Then the ban moved to the workplace and all | | | | into a room with any smokers and dispensing random |
| shops, gas stations and most other places you can | | | | medical and statistical facts to people who couldn't |
| think of. The next step is the banning of smoking in all | | | | care less if their head was on fire.Smoking is a filthy, |
| outdoor public areas such as parks and beaches for | | | | disgusting and unhealthy habit. Smokers, however, do |
| example.This is where the problems begin. We now | | | | still have the right to smoke and be treated like human |
| have extremism coming into view. A sensible proposal | | | | beings. To treat them as any less than equal human |
| like the banning of smoking in the workplace and public | | | | beings is at best prejudicial and at worst borderline |
| venues is then taken by the moral minority of the | | | | Nazism.This article was provided courtesy of where |
| world and abused. Like any extremists they'll push the | | | | you can find more help to stop smoking in the form of |
| laws as far as they can to get their own way - just to | | | | articles and advice for quitters everywhere. |