[ichabod1]

Valente said kids need to be told that the tobacco industry is manipulating them to smoke, “since teenagers don’t like to be manipulated.”

Then maybe they ought to consider that teenagers don't like being manipulated by THEM.

I hate public health nazis.

[HoneysuckleTN]

Valente said kids need to be told that the tobacco industry is manipulating them to smoke, “since teenagers don’t like to be manipulated.”

So true! Because cigarettes are advertized in every venue (even on TV), there are cigarette machines everywhere, everyone smokes on TV and in the movies, and you can smoke anywhere you want to--in restaurants, waiting rooms, movie theatres, and on airplanes.

Oh, wait...

Um, exactly how is the tobacco industry "manipulating teenagers to smoke"?!?