I think some have made it into a sport or game, and that's fine. I just hate it when folks want to bring that world view into every conversation with me.
Pipe Tobacco Ban Soon!
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Wow, I guess I didn't realize that people would think that was a real article (I didn't think it was) or would take the post very seriously. Especially given my tongue in cheek comment below it. For the record, the doomsday pipe ban is NOT upon us.
From the second we are pulled from the womb we are destined to die. Humans are not born to be immortal and is the only creation in nature to fight so hard to prevent natures design.
I work in the medical center, in Houston, in the cancer center and I see young people as 18 some are my age, 29, strong young men die from cancer, and some of the people don't even smoke, we can die any time , we are destined to die. there are some folks that don't research or read articles about pipe smoking and just because its a tobacco they thinks is the most dangerous form of tobacco, but they are wrong,
I believe this article was false, BUT I really can't ridicule the knee jerkers and doomsdayers.
If those have got it right I want to be a friend of theirs!
I just bet they were some saying the same thing when prohibition was being discussed! (A total ban on Alcohol,This would NEVER happen right?) Some said it would never pass because of the tax revenue loss! Yeah right.
Just look at what happened to big tobacco and cigarettes , Just remember THERE is a war on tobacco.
The haters never hesitate to falsify their findings for their own goals .
The way our current leaders act they could very well do this. AFTER all they know whats best for us in every aspect of our lives!
hoo (stepping down from his soapbox )
If those have got it right I want to be a friend of theirs!
I just bet they were some saying the same thing when prohibition was being discussed! (A total ban on Alcohol,This would NEVER happen right?) Some said it would never pass because of the tax revenue loss! Yeah right.
Just look at what happened to big tobacco and cigarettes , Just remember THERE is a war on tobacco.
The haters never hesitate to falsify their findings for their own goals .
The way our current leaders act they could very well do this. AFTER all they know whats best for us in every aspect of our lives!
hoo (stepping down from his soapbox )
A lot of us have a keen grasp of the obvious with regard to death.
hoo: The antis may be misguided from a smoker's standpoint but, they are winning the "war" and no amount of oratory or hand wringing will change that. We smokers are simply on the losing side by any objective measurement.
Smokers will grasp at any evidence, no matter how fragile, to support the use of tobacco. Much as the antis sometimes tout iffy science. And, they don't have to do so as there is a preponderance of well supported research which proves the downside of tobacco.
Tobacco use will never entirely fade away but, it will be relegated to those with the means to acquire it. I suspect smoking will revert to its roots, clubs and in-home use only. Perhaps smoking jackets and caps will see a resurgence also.
hoo: The antis may be misguided from a smoker's standpoint but, they are winning the "war" and no amount of oratory or hand wringing will change that. We smokers are simply on the losing side by any objective measurement.
Smokers will grasp at any evidence, no matter how fragile, to support the use of tobacco. Much as the antis sometimes tout iffy science. And, they don't have to do so as there is a preponderance of well supported research which proves the downside of tobacco.
Tobacco use will never entirely fade away but, it will be relegated to those with the means to acquire it. I suspect smoking will revert to its roots, clubs and in-home use only. Perhaps smoking jackets and caps will see a resurgence also.
They would ban cigarettes before they ever ban pipe tobacco. Or at least that is what I hope. : ), I am however annoyed with people posting random garbage they find on the internet. Does anyone actually check the validity of anything they read anymore?
A "ban" is relative.
We will probably never see an outright ban on pipe tobacco in our lifetime. Or, at least in MY lifetime. But you will see a greatly reduced selection in ever more mandated packaging (50% or better coverage with "warning" labels) at much higher prices, sold in fewer and fewer places. The market will shrink, the economics of producing pipe tobacco will get tighter, and fewer and fewer companies will produce less and less.
But tomorrow morning, I'll have another cup of quadruple espresso, and get back to work on the blends at Standard. Because pipe tobacco makes people smile. And that's a good thing.
We will probably never see an outright ban on pipe tobacco in our lifetime. Or, at least in MY lifetime. But you will see a greatly reduced selection in ever more mandated packaging (50% or better coverage with "warning" labels) at much higher prices, sold in fewer and fewer places. The market will shrink, the economics of producing pipe tobacco will get tighter, and fewer and fewer companies will produce less and less.
But tomorrow morning, I'll have another cup of quadruple espresso, and get back to work on the blends at Standard. Because pipe tobacco makes people smile. And that's a good thing.
The Progressives have an Islam-O-Fascist problem right now. While tobacco is certainly on their Ban list, guns seem to be their main target. Importing the Syrian population and stripping you of arms seems the better means to an end. Sharia law will take care of that wascally tobacco problem. :puffpipe:
The tax revenues alone are enough to make those in government reluctant to "ban" tobacco products especially when the "Health Risks" will justify higher and higher taxes, supposedly to discourage the practice. Think about it, after what was reveled about the cigarette companies in the trials a number of years back, you can still buy a pack of smokes at just about any convenience store. Why? The states make big money taxing them and no matter how egregious the offences were, there's money to be had. There's already a push by the states to get their share of "on-line" sales. Tobacco is a cash cow nobody will be killing any time soon.
Jeez, enough already with the ad nauseam remarks that we are all destined to die no mater what choices we take in life. As for the article posted by the OP it's obviously bogus and I've seen better grammar in the spam I get in my email. I'm sure the bureaucrats will, over time, try their damnedest to impose more and more taxes on any and all tobacco but I'm certainly not going to get my shorts in a bind over it. Christ almighty... just how many here remember when gas cost .39 cents a gallon and a pack of cigarettes was the same. That's life and deal with it as there isn't diddly squat you can do about it. As for me, I think I'll survive with this so called tobacco Armageddon and not lose any sleep over it. :wink:
Woodsroad: A tip of the hat. You know you could have started another thread with that and caused all sorts of consternation.
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