News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: PUB LTE: Let's Treat Tobacco Like Other Drugs |
| Title: | US CA: PUB LTE: Let's Treat Tobacco Like Other Drugs |
| Published On: | 1998-09-23 |
| Source: | Times-Press-Recorder (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 00:34:19 |
To the Editor:
Corporations can be disolved if they have acted against the public
interest. A few states (New York and Alabama) are now invoking this
law against tobacco companies.
Cigarette-related healthcare problems are estimated at $72.7 billion a
year in the U.S. with $8.7 billion being California's share. Tobacco
industries have purchased elected officials for years and pay
lobbyists $10 million to $14 million a year to push their addictive,
killer drug.
What disturbes me is I could legally return to my addiction of 35
years ago but would run into trouble if I grew marijuana for my
glaucoma. Let's at least treat nicotine like other less dangerous
drugs (or legalize them).
Bill Denneen
Nipomo
Corporations can be disolved if they have acted against the public
interest. A few states (New York and Alabama) are now invoking this
law against tobacco companies.
Cigarette-related healthcare problems are estimated at $72.7 billion a
year in the U.S. with $8.7 billion being California's share. Tobacco
industries have purchased elected officials for years and pay
lobbyists $10 million to $14 million a year to push their addictive,
killer drug.
What disturbes me is I could legally return to my addiction of 35
years ago but would run into trouble if I grew marijuana for my
glaucoma. Let's at least treat nicotine like other less dangerous
drugs (or legalize them).
Bill Denneen
Nipomo
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