fahim mohammed
Well-known member
I agree with Tom's analysis in the post above.
The question I asked previously somehow got lost in translation.
Let me pose it again...
Narcotics are controlled drugs. Narcotics kill. Trade in narcotics, strictly controlled. The severest penalties imposed for trafficking in such products. Huge sums of money to be made in its trade.
Cigarettes are available for purchase easily ( relatively speaking ). Cigarette smoking kills. The effects of cigarette smoking on the unborn fetus is well documented. The financial effects of providing medical care to complications directly related to cigarette smoking rise exponentially with the age, number of years one has been smoking and of course on one's own insurer.
Cigarettes are big business. Huge monies in the trade.
Question...why are cigarettes allowed to be exported freely? And not controlled.
Which countries export the largest number of cigarettes?
Why is there no International action against countries that trade openly and export death in the form of cigarettes?
Morphine has some medical uses. Cigarettes have none.
If opium fields in Afghanistan and other narcotic fields in South America can be burnt; why not the tobacco plantations...you know where.
Objections were made in a previous post of mine when I used the term ' race '. Let me resurrect it again. Has ' race ' got something to do with the free pass tobacco growers get in certain unnamed countries. Or is all of this an international conspiracy to keep the poorest of countries in a perpetual state of health underdevelopment. Slaves to a habit, where the supplier operates through the biggest financial markets of the world. I find it strange that the biggest cigarette exporter and producer also is one of the world's largest food product companies. Feed their hunger, suck their lungs!!
The question I asked previously somehow got lost in translation.
Let me pose it again...
Narcotics are controlled drugs. Narcotics kill. Trade in narcotics, strictly controlled. The severest penalties imposed for trafficking in such products. Huge sums of money to be made in its trade.
Cigarettes are available for purchase easily ( relatively speaking ). Cigarette smoking kills. The effects of cigarette smoking on the unborn fetus is well documented. The financial effects of providing medical care to complications directly related to cigarette smoking rise exponentially with the age, number of years one has been smoking and of course on one's own insurer.
Cigarettes are big business. Huge monies in the trade.
Question...why are cigarettes allowed to be exported freely? And not controlled.
Which countries export the largest number of cigarettes?
Why is there no International action against countries that trade openly and export death in the form of cigarettes?
Morphine has some medical uses. Cigarettes have none.
If opium fields in Afghanistan and other narcotic fields in South America can be burnt; why not the tobacco plantations...you know where.
Objections were made in a previous post of mine when I used the term ' race '. Let me resurrect it again. Has ' race ' got something to do with the free pass tobacco growers get in certain unnamed countries. Or is all of this an international conspiracy to keep the poorest of countries in a perpetual state of health underdevelopment. Slaves to a habit, where the supplier operates through the biggest financial markets of the world. I find it strange that the biggest cigarette exporter and producer also is one of the world's largest food product companies. Feed their hunger, suck their lungs!!