The Real Danger of Tobacco Legislation

"Mr. Pringle, you claim your product's not addictive, but didn't you sign this memo: 'Once you pop, you can't stop'?"
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The House passed a bill regulating tobacco. I've been warning against this for years. Sure, there'll be some good done... but imagine the long-term consequences...

If we all quit smoking...
We'd all gain weight...
That would shift power to the potato chip lobby...
Then we'd have to deal with their corruption...

CUT TO: INTERIOR SENATE CHAMBERS - Potato Chip Executive Testimony

THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM MASSACHUSETTS - leaning into microphone, brandishing documents...

"Mr. Pringle, you claim your product's not addictive, but didn't you sign this memo: 'Once you pop, you can't stop'?"

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