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Obesity kills 2.8 million more. What is Fauci doing about that?
My take is it is not up to the government to do everything. I don't get why one person should get the blame for a system you don't like.
Cigarettes are sin-taxed so heavily (~55%) that ironically, smoking directly supports government infrastructure. That tax rises every few months. Smokers would find a way to smoke regardless.
Indian cigarettes or black market, bootleggers.
Obesity is a symptom of wider societal disease. Actually about the same for smoking. And gambling.
It is banned in US more than in other countries. You won’t see smokers inside public buildings, trains, busses, subways, hotels. Did you see anyone lighting a cigarette in shopping malls or schools? Smoking is prohibited even outside, on train platforms.
BTW, that has zero to do with “democrats”. It is a non-political, national health issue. Trump is the person who made Covid-19 into a partisan issue from day one.
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You can't smoke indoors and many apartment buildings are non smoking. It's been a while since I've even seen a person smoking. It is a health issue, as is obesity but if anyone tried to ban smoking or nasty food, some folks would start complaining about "muh rights as a Murican."
This is not true depends on the state Oklahoma and Virginia state laws prohibit local governments from regulating smoking really haven't changed much since the 1980's. Along with these states Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming which still allow smoking in restaurants and bars.
I believe in some of these states still have smoking rooms in airports.
OK, Provide evidence of institutional racism against Whites. I've never seen it, heard of it, or been a victim of it.
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