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-assad-isis-stop-smoking-robert-fisk-a7079306.html
Well, US tobacco companies did an outstanding job of addicting the world! Maybe not as direct as nukes, but more effective long term.
