Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!rh From: rh@mit-eddi.UUCP (Randy Haskins) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: smoking in public: an historical perspective Message-ID: <272@mit-eddi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 15:15:34 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.272 Posted: Thu Jun 23 15:15:34 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 24-Jun-83 21:34:56 EDT References: orca.1317 Lines: 15 The mention of chewing tobacco gave me a good idea: Make smoking illegal in favor of chewing. Everyone will be happy: We non-smokers won't have to breathe smoke. The tobacco industry can make more money, since there is less production needed to make chewing tobacco than rolling cigarettes. People who need that nicotine (sp?) can still get it. Of course, the kind of people who feel no compunction about polluting our air will also not feel any compunction about spitting everywhere. But then, if we ever find a perfect solution to any problem, the world will blow up. --Randy rh@mit-eddie