Re: Trial of the Century: US vs Philip Morris, et. al

From: Eliyahu Rooff (lrooff_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/07/04 

Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 14:26:30 -0700

"Gdubson" <gdubson@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20041007161953.02895.00000867@mb-m01.aol.com...
> >There is a very distinct difference between smoking and eating
> >unhealthy
>>food,
>>and that is the imposition of smoking on other people. If you eat
>>a nasty
>>hamburger in my presence, I don't have it shoved down my throat.
>>
Reminds me of a friend's argument about "non-smoking sections" in
restaurants. He says it's like having a no-peeing section in a
swimming pool.
>
> Yes, but if you wind up on Medicare/Medicaid because of health
> problems related
> to obesity, we will all be footing the bill. That is why I feel
> this is a
> public health issue.
>
Obesity, though, can be related to many things other than Big Macs.
I know severely obese folks who never eat out.

Eliyahu

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