tobacco as vice

[Greg Nowell]

Some people here think smoking is wonderful.  Well good
for them.  I like to drink your better bourbons (you
simply MUST try Weller's 107--no other Weller's will
do) and scotches.   Good for me.

But ceteris paribus we're probably better off not
encouraging the massive beer culture and indiscriminate
addiction to tobacco.  The California campaign was
highly effective.  It did not REQUIRE anyone to quit.
I would have no objection to a similar campaign aimed
at alcohol, even though I do like to drink.

BTW, for the radicals, the California anti-tobacco
campaign in its heyday was the closest thing I've seen
to primetime class-oriented political advertising,
pointing out to people that they were letting
themselves become the vicitms of uncaring multinational
capitalism.

--
Gregory P. Nowell
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Milne 100
State University of New York
135 Western Ave.
Albany, New York 12222

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