Thursday, February 19, 2009
It's okay because your decisions aren't your own resposibility...only 58%
"Widow of Fla. chain-smoker gets $8M in damages" - via SF Gate
The man who died was perfectly capable of deciding to stop at any time and it was his own fault he didn't. Philip Morris marketed a product - made primarily of natural plant material - that people have found attractive for thousands of years. Perhaps their wrongdoing is in injecting their pre-rolled cigarettes with all kinds of addiction enhancers. But food companies do the same thing.
It is each of our own personal responsibility to educate ourselves on the ingredients in what we consume. Had this guy smoked pure tobacco cigarettes (or had his wife suggested he did), he may have encountered fewer health problems or been less addicted. (Not an endorsement of tobacco use!)
"The jury did find that Stuart Hess was 58 percent responsible for the cigarette addiction that led to his death." My study says 59.3 percent.
What a joke.
The man who died was perfectly capable of deciding to stop at any time and it was his own fault he didn't. Philip Morris marketed a product - made primarily of natural plant material - that people have found attractive for thousands of years. Perhaps their wrongdoing is in injecting their pre-rolled cigarettes with all kinds of addiction enhancers. But food companies do the same thing.
It is each of our own personal responsibility to educate ourselves on the ingredients in what we consume. Had this guy smoked pure tobacco cigarettes (or had his wife suggested he did), he may have encountered fewer health problems or been less addicted. (Not an endorsement of tobacco use!)
"The jury did find that Stuart Hess was 58 percent responsible for the cigarette addiction that led to his death." My study says 59.3 percent.
What a joke.
Labels: freedom of choice, personal responsibility, Philip Morris, smoking, tobacco lawsuits
