Wed 29 Feb 2012
I’m horrified at the conservative zealots who prevent educators from teaching the FACTS of life about smoking. It’s not the 1800s, people. Keep your religion out of my ashtray.
The idea is that we teach children about contraception in school, not because we want them to be more sexually active (or increase curiosity about all things intercourse) but because we admit, honestly, that a certain number of them are going to have intimate relations before marriage and we want them to be prepared when they do so to make better decisions. duh.
Of course, it logically follows that we also concede that some children are going to smoke tobacco, and so we must not PREACH “Just say no“, but rather, “Just say low tar!” or “Just say three-a-day!” Let’s not be old fashioned, kids are going to smoke and when they do, they need the facts: smoke cigarettes that have filters, don’t breathe the smoke in deeply, and when visiting a marijuana medical dispensary (where legal!), try not to operate heavy machinery afterwards.
Obama 2012!
