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Safe Cigarettes?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the taking-out-all-the-fun-stuff dept.

CDPatten writes "The UK Times Online is reporting that we could see a 'safe cigarette' next year. From the article: 'BRITISH American Tobacco (BAT) is to launch a controversial 'safer cigarette' designed to cut the risk of smoking-related diseases such as cancer and heart failure by up to 90%.' I wonder if this will have any impact on the no smoking bans we have seen in recent years?"

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  1. Before I disagree with you... by leehwtsohg · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Could you state your oppinion about other drugs, please?
    Does it not matter in your oppinion at all how addictive the substance is, or how strongly it is marketed to kids/teeagers/adults? Both of these have no effect on free will? As long as there is even a small bit of choice left, then "people made their own choice to die a slow death"?

  2. Re:Still Safe? by scbysnx · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I love peoples ability to ignore the whole truth to make their point seem more valid. There are now initiatives to ban smoking OUTSIDE where the only harm is an odor. California banned it in parks. Open air stadiums have it banned and so do open air malls. NOW it has become a witch hunt.