October 14, 2015
Day 280
I asked Chris to give me his thoughts tonight for the blog, some would call it cheating, I do not. Chris has been doing research on tobacco and I have been learning so much listening to all his findings. He recently found a cache of videos he has been watching. The one he watched today is called, "Tobacco and Health", March 26, 2015 by Dr. Judith Mackay. She is a senior advisor to the World Lung Foundation in the Bloomburg Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use. He has been amazed at the lack of "views" for this piece.
The point that hit home for Chris was that nobody is independent of each other no matter how far apart from each other we might be. The whole world is dependent on the rest of the world. The lecture spoke of the effects of tobacco worldwide. It is crucial for everyone to stop smoking for the health of everyone. To stop smoking is not just for the family, or the neighbor, or the town but for the world. The economical and environmental problems are huge and smoking perpetuates this.
He learned from the video that one of the best things we can do for our world is to make sure Chinese women don't smoke. I'm out. This is random. Chris is losing his way. The logical stepping stones are being missed. He continued, the point that was being made, is that tobacco companies are targeting Chinese women. If they would begin to smoke this is an entire population that has yet to be targeted. This would not be good.
The woman giving the lecture had been a doctor but realized she was too late, by the time they reached the office, to help the people affected by tobacco. So instead, today, she primarily deals with the government and legislation. However, it is hard to get the government to push through legislation. Why? They receive much money in taxes. But, if they would be able to look past the immediate quick fix they would discover a net gain in the end with less health care costs.
Smoking affects everyone. Good word.
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