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In reply to the discussion: Bill proposed in Oregon would make cigarettes prescription-only drugs [View all]Coyotl
(15,262 posts)because it will take tobacco out of the marketplace and into a regulated place where addictive, harmful drugs belong.
But, this is not as important as protecting children (and all citizens) from second-hand smoke.
Children especially need their health rights protected from smoking parents because they are trapped in the environment of their care providers.
How about adding a punishment for exposing a child or other person without self-determination to tobacco smoke?
We need a more evolved perspective on the health consequences of all our actions, especially pollution harming health.
This level of recognition of the harm of tobacco needs to extend to the 575,000 hazardous chemicals in the American workplace.
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