Jump to full article: Lebanon (PA) Daily News, 2009-06-24
Intro: Dealing with a shaky economy: Very difficult.
Looking to overhaul a messy American health-care system: Very difficult.
Dealing with the Muslim world and the Arab Street: Very difficult.
Quitting smoking: Perhaps too difficult. . . .
. It's a world of mixed messages as well.
Just because the wise and the powerful of the past did it, and just because our current president might (well, likely does) do it, doesn't mean it's a good idea. You know all the warnings; all the reasons not to do so. As adults, we make our own choices. We certainly support legislation to prevent those who are underage from being more easily seduced into an addictive, expensive and potentially deadly lifestyle choice.
We can say that Obama would be better off to get completely away from cigarettes, but we can't fault him greatly if he occasionally hits up one of his staffers for a coffin nail. Many of us have been there.
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