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Why in the US does tobacco get more of a bad rap than alcohol?

Asked by Hypocrisy_Central (26879points) January 27th, 2011

Does it seem to you that societally in the US tobacco is treated as more repugnant than alcohol? You don’t see tobacco companies sponsoring race cars, and their ads in magazines and TV have long been gone. You cannot smoke anywhere really, not even in bars; certainly not planes and trains. Brewers and bottlers of alcohol still get to sponsor races cars and boats, etc, it is still served on jets and boats. And TV characters drinking all the time or getting drunk are not complained about as a TV or movie character smoking. Smoking has been made to seem so dangerous and unhealthy when I can never recall on the news anyone t-boning another car or running down and killing cyclist or pedestrians because they were over nicotined. More people die at the hands of drunks or because alcohol was involved than smoking so why is smoking suck a scourge? Is it because American loves to get drunk more or that the makers of alcohol have better lobbyist?

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