Raving Bitch

...the Canadian Legislature. That's right. Canadian lawmakers recently passed a law that requires all places that sell tobacco to hide the actual products behind a fucking ugly white plastic sliding door. Usually this fugly door is found behind the cashier or counter. Like smokers and all others don't know where the cigarettes are located. "I can't see you, but I know you're there, nicotine." That is the most pathetic attempt at deterring people from buying tobacco. What other purpose could it possibly serve? If the government generally cared about people's health and not their own universal health care costs, then maybe they should pass a law that prohibits tobacco companies to put formaldehyde and benzene in their cigarettes. I'm sure one could take out all the carcinogenic crap out of cigarettes and make them a little less damaging. That way people could still buy and smoke cigarettes. I mean, a lot of people who quit did so because of the health risks. Now if the health risks were reduced or eliminated then more people would smoke and the government will still be able to collect taxes and then we'd all be happy. No more anti smoking crap or those beautiful pictures on cigarette packs of damaged lungs and rotting gums. Wouldn't that be nice?

Labels: anti smoking, cigarettes, smoking laws