Let me begin by saying that I love to smoke! I believe that all this no smoking and disallowing smoking in public places is an attack on our freedoms and liberties. When you stop allowing any kind of establishment, even ones that are licensed to allow smoking, the line has been crossed here. To not allow even a cigar lounge or have specially designated places that allow for people who smoke to smoke with happiness and joy then the situation has gone overboard.
An ideal situation would be where an estasblishment is designating an area for smokers, especially have a right to be an establishment that is completely designated to smokers if that’s what they wish to do. It is up to the business owner to decide if they want to take into accouint and designate their establishment for smokers or not.
I have a lack of understanding as to how “they”, the lawmakers, can dictate how a business owner who may own the land and owns the business, is to conduct his or her business and discriminate against who they can and cannot cater their business to. In addition to that, many businesses can designate a certain place or area of their establishment for smoking. Like having a smokers area and a non-smokers area. Remember, ventilation, in all cases, is very advanced. And the environment inside a for-smoing area is very comfortable with the proper ventilation system in place.
Now, there is another issue. We come to the hypothetical belief that smoking is bad for you; and that’s is the reason why these laws are in place, i.e. to protect the public. So we end up beginning to notice that we are living in a “nanny state”. This means that the government is regarded as overprotective or as interfering unduly with personal choice.
Our naiivity with accepting these forces to overpower us has become evident. When smoking bans became more and more prevalant in public places, the reasoning behind it was the second-hand smoke is extremely dangerous; it was an effort to stop opther people from being exposed to this “second-hand” smoke. So let me ask you this… Whatever happened with vaping? How did vaping also become demonized? Where now, vaping has been coupled with smoking tobacco. “No vaping” and “no smoking” has become the established norm. There was no studies nor evidence that “second-hand vaping” posed any risk at all to anyone. At the end of the day it’s just vapour! As a matter of fact, research on the effects of first-hand vaping is, in and of itself, lacking evidence to support any real harmful effects, if at all. So, how did “no vaping” laws come into effect with no resistence as opposed to the hunders of millions of dollars in campaigning by anti-tobacco lobbyists to establish anti-tobacco laws? A whole lot of effort and money went into campaiging to bring awareness to the public on the harmful effects of tobacco, yet, vaping went under the radar with this. They just implemenmted the laws against all odds. They just outlawed vaping under the umbrella of smoking even though vaping has nothing to do with tobacco smoking. It isn’t rational.
I’m pro-smoking, i’m pro-vaping and i’m pro-tobacco and I know that inhaling smoke and vapour is something that differentiates us from animals (maybe not trees and plants!). Even people that advocate for herbal smoking come to the hiccup when they give their disclaimer about it being harmful to smoke for us. Like we take it for granted that smoking is just bad for us! Let I remind you that this avenue of consumption (smoking and inhaling) exists in this biological life we are living. There are things you can smoke, and there are things you can’t and can barely inhale at all… But there’s stuff you can smoke and it’s there for a reason, it’s there for our enjoyment and benefit. We as humans are not only capable of eating and drinking but we are also capable of smoking. To dismiss any kind of smoking as being bad for you is a slippery slope. It’s a fallacy, it’s just not true. There’s a time and place for everything. You can do anything and turn it into something that is beneficial for you.
The oldest person to ever live, a woman by the name of Jeanne Clement, was a smoker (she lived to 122 years). And if you look at the list of people to live the longest, you will come to the realisation that many of them, too, were smokers! They don’t tell you this stuff in their campaiging, do they? They don’t tell you that tobacco pipe smokers, on average, live longer than non-smokers.
We can understand that the abuse of tobacco smoking, or vaping, or anything for that matter, is what is dangerous and needs to be avoided. However, that doesn’t mean the government should take drastic measures such as placing completely unwholesome imagery on cigarette packs and charging an absurd amount of taxes on them. The audacity of these law-makers doing this sort of thing is actually unfathomable. Such demeaning and disrespectful subliminal messaging on the tobacco plant. A plant that grows naturally and is very enjoyable to consume through smoking.
Then, as they started to outlaw indoor smoking, outlawing smoking in patios was already too much and now they are outlawing smoking even in public parks. The heck with not smoking in an outdoor spaces! What is going on here? This is a blatant attack on freedoms and liberties. The very act of smoking in all actuality, reeks of freedom. And they are, at the very least, attacking your freedom to choose to smoke if that is what you wish to do.
A cigarette is like fire. The end of a cigarette is lit with fire and it burns with fire. Look, fire has burnt people to death. But fire can also keep you warm like with a fireplace and provide a great atmosphere like with a fire pit. Fire can also burn your house down and it has for many people, but it can also cook your food. Just because some people were burnt to death by fire or their houses burnt down to ashes by fire does not intrinsically mean that fire is bad. With that same logic, that supposedly some people were harmed by smoking cigarettes, does not mean that cigarette smoking is intrinsically a bad thing.
This attack on tobacco, tobacco smoking and our freedom to make choices for ourselves is evil. And the pioneer of anti-tobacco was Hitler and thus we, as a collective, need to stand together against such facist regimes. We need to see some changes happening and focusing on pro-tobacco is a step in a great direction and as the truth comes out everything is to become better in this world we are living in.
This is a righteous fight and all smokers and humans can come together in this fight. For example if you are a marijuana smoker, wouldn’t you love to have the freedom to smoke your weed anywhere you like, including coffeeshops, bars, parks, beaches etc. And smoking doesn’t just stop at tobacco and marijuana for you are also able to smoke some very beneficial herbs. Herb smoking is extremely beneficial to thie indivual for all the benefits you gain by consuming herbal remedies in a drinkable form are also gained by smoking them. And let us not forget that the way to consume tobacco is also numerous such as chewing it or even drinking it as a remedy. You can drink tobacco steeped in hot water defiying all manners of the negative connotation that has been set in place for tobacco, such as heavy taxes and disgusting labels.
Too much medicine can kill you. Anti-depressants cause suicide. Please recognize this double standard. Tobacco has the potnetial to increase your lifespan whilst increasing your enjoyment of it as well. Native people of these lands revere tobacco. They view it as a sacred, holy and medicinal plant. Smoking it, they also use it as an avenue to connect with the spirit world. As it is a gift from nature to humans; from humans, it is a gift given to nature. I emphasize that there is a whole other side to the tobacco dilemme and we have been robbed of the whole picture by the policy makers and the “health” industry. There is no doubt that tobacco, actually being good for ones health, is bad for the business of the pharmacutical industry. If you are healed by the force of nature/tobacco, then you would not need to take the drugs the doctors want to prescribe you and thats bad for their profit. This is most likely the reason for the demonization of tobacco. Pure corruption.
And don’t forget about vaping. Vaping is delicious and brings so much happiness. And it’s in with the times. We are moving towards a more electric world with solar electric power becoming prevalant and electric cars. So vaping brings us in touch with our future environment. Bringing battery power inwards. It is an avenue to realize harmony with the world around us and the world to come. As with tobacco smoking being in touch with fire power i.e. like combustion engines. And herbs, ofcourse, gets you connecting with nature at an extreme level whether you drink them, smoke them, or use them as incense.
Do not use these consumables to your detriment, use them for your benefit.
Remember, our makeup as human beings is our innate ability to smoke. So go ahead and smoke, wisely.
Fight for your right to do whats right. Let’s begin to see some postive change. No retraints, no shackles, just great times.
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