Jump to full article: Irish Independent (ie), 2009-06-19
Author: Ian O'Doherty
Intro: As smokers know, we're a dying breed. But before we have the happy release of shuffling off this mortal coil and finally getting a bit of peace and quiet, we have to put up with the shrill, hectoring whinging tones of the self-appointed moral police who argue that enjoying one of those cool, refreshing, nourishing white tubes of happiness makes you some sort of monster.
And, typically, things have gone completely snooker-loopy in America, where the war on smoking is pursued as zealously as the war on drugs/terror/whatever they're annoyed about today.
Just take the case of Howard Weyers, boss of a company in Michigan, who really doesn't like smokers. . . .
So now it's official -- smokers are the equivalent of plague carriers.
But what they miss is the fact that smokers are simply doing their civic duty.
At a time when old age pensioners are on the rise and the social security budget is running dry, at least we won't be around to be a drain on the national coffers.
So, actually, smoking should be encouraged and seen as the socially responsible thing to do.
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