On 07/10/2016 05:31 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
Won't someone please think of the Syrians..
"I can see the problem. While fleeing from air strikes, mass graves and ethnic cleansing, Syrians have just got to resist the temptation of a quick gasper to calm their nerves. Your home may be in flames, your family enslaved, your torturers itching to pull out your fingernails – but above all you've got to ignore the pretty ciggy packet in your pocket."
The UN has failed to protect Syrians from war and hunger. Now it’s telling them to stop smoking http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/un-failing-syrians-war-hunger-conflict-a...
Well, US tobacco companies did an outstanding job of addicting the world! Maybe not as direct as nukes, but more effective long term.