Mario puzo said Don Corleone was killed by the opposing Family
because, he did not agree to deal in narcotics, that is Marlon
Brando for the folks who frequent movie theaters, we cannot
approach our day to day life problems in this manner.
Alright, okay I am with you, this is a bad habit, its effects
are printed on the pack itself and sellers are warned on the pack
"For Adults only" We aim to close all cigarette factories, we sue
left right and centre every cigarette manufacturer and persuade
them to close their doors to the business.
What about the employees? What about the engineers who make the
machines? What about the tobacco growers? What about the traders?
Leave all this people, you say. They can take care of themselves,
if not God is their counsel. What about the Government? If not us
who will take care of the Governments, who is their counsel.
If government is not there who will build the roads and
highways, who will electrify our localities, who will pay the
police, who will pay the military, I can go on without end. Our
Governments gets more than 30-100%, in some places more tax from
the cost of each cigarette sold by the makers. What alternate
arrangements have we thought of to offset this income to the
exchequer. No idealists' demonstrations on the roads has a clue,
this source is steady and very old income for our governments, its
cash immediate and cold. Do we envisage the amount of disturbance
we are causing by interfering with smokers and
manufacturers.
Look, this whole industry can come to a standstill, every plant
manufacturing cigarettes can be closed in a jiffy, all this power
is in the hands of one person alone, this one person is capable of
bringing a revolution in the world over. Do we know who this person
is? He is the SMOKER himself!!!
No more demonstrations please, no more making fat lawyers more
fat, no more suing, no more unachieveable targets, you can take a
horse to water but you can't make it drink, every mother, sister,
brother, father, friend, lover, neighbour, son, daughter can make
the smoker give up this habit. That is the only practical approach
to the problem.
I have been smoking for about 4 years. I understand the
difficulties in kicking this habit, I understand what I get out of
smoking, maybe my sanity is due to smoking, maybe my creativity is
due to smoking, maybe I am rich due to this habit, maybe I am a
better person due to this habit, maybe I have better control over
myself due to this habit, I see always non-smokers erupt into rages
of anger, I see many an evil because of not smoking, my level
mindedness is due to smoking, my self control is due to smoking, so
please do let smokers have their drags. Leave them in peace, one
has no need to pester them to quit because ultimately, it is a
decision they have made. Everyone had a choice. It's how they
exercised it.