The Evil Of Tobacco
I went to see Harry in hospital last night. He wasn’t on the ward, but outside as he had to have his smoke. Smoking may not have caused, what he has got, but it has certainly played a part. Smokers in my family die approximately thirty years before those that don’t.
What am I to do?
He says that he won’t stop until he gets the diagnosis. But then I suspect, if it’s a serious cancer then he’ll say that he needs the cancer to get through his ultimate death and if it’s not, then he’ll say that as he hasn’t got cancer, then he won’t stop.
Such is the evil of tobacco.
A lot of people with more knowledge than me will say that tobacco is more addictive than some illegal drugs.
And what is one of the lead stories on the BBC today? It’s about drug dealers selling cheap and illegal cigarettes from so-called tab-houses. A lot are being sold to children. You obviously must catch your punters young, as then you have a market for their shortened life.
We should get real on tobacco.
If you smuggle in say a Transit van with £50,000 of cigarettes, then you’ll lose the van and the contents if you are caught. But you’ll just get a fine. On the other hand smuggling the same value of say cocaine will get you locked up in jail. You should also be jailed for large amounts of tobacco.
It may not stop the trade, but if it can stop one family going through what I am, then it will be worth it.
