Were the tobacco companies good at self regulating? Without regulation were they worried about our exposure to secondhand smoke. Without regulation did they do a good job of playing fair with additives? Without regulation did they worry in the least about lying to you and even Congress.<\/p>\n
Cigarette companies sold their products to adults. No children were hurt– oh wait but the children of those adults were then exposed to secondhand smoke without the ability to do anything about it. We now pay for the cancer and lung disease and other illnesses. Is this the same as Pesticide companies putting pesticides in our food? Don’t the parents pick out the food?<\/p>\n
Cigarette companies that add the addicting agent nicotine to their product. Is this the same as pesticide companies producing a product that kills the insect predators preferentially and addicts us to the chemical.<\/p>\n
Cigarette company executives say\/no actually testify ” there is no evidence that cigarettes cause cancer.” Is this the same as pesticide companies such as Monsanto and Dow telling you that the pesticides they produce are fine and won’t hurt you.<\/p>\n
I think that it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Were the tobacco companies good at self regulating? Without regulation were they worried about our exposure to secondhand smoke. Without regulation did they do a good job of playing fair with additives? Without regulation did they worry in the least … Continue reading