What hypocrisy to blame our health problems on the tobacco industry. Perhaps, rather than looking into what influence China may have had in recent elections, maybe we should be looking at what influence pharmaceutical companies had. Drugs for whatever ails you. Drugs for headaches, drugs for backaches, drugs for depression, drugs for allegies, drugs for asthma, drugs for heartburn, drugs for nasal congestion, drugs for impotence, drugs to control your child's behavior, drugs for hair loss, and yes, even drugs to help you stop smoking. Their smoking cessation plans include replacing tobacco with legal drugs .
Caffeine is the world's most widely consumed and only entirely unregulated psychoactive agent.
It works by blocking a sedating compound in the brain. About 10 percent of the population develops a dependence syndrome called caffeinism, which is indistinguishable from panic disorder or general anxiety. The more caffeine you consume, the more likely you are to use anti-anxiety medications. Fatal oral overdoses are extremely rare, requiring the consumption of 50 to 100 cups of regularly brewed coffee. The tobacco settlement establishes a precedent for totalitarian control over legally functioning businesses.