The Fifth Column is a regular, independent column written by Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D. Opinions and comments are invited.
Smoking is a choice, but it is a bad one.
Their attempts to absolve people of responsibility for their behavior are the obvious consequence. Yet attributing smoking entirely to addiction is not based on the facts and has inevitably led to a legal policy based on fiction. Here are the facts about smoking and responsibility. There's a difference between what smoking does to a person's body and how smoke gets into his body. Nothing could be further from the truth.