LET'S TREAT TOBACCO LIKE OTHER DRUGS

To the Editor:

Corporations can be disolved if they have acted against the public
interest. A few states (New York and Alabama) are now invoking this law
against tobacco companies.

Cigarette-related healthcare problems are estimated at $72.7 billion a year
in the U.S. with $8.7 billion being California's share. Tobacco industries
have purchased elected officials for years and pay lobbyists $10 million to
$14 million a year to push their addictive, killer drug.

What disturbes me is I could legally return to my addiction of 35 years ago
but would run into trouble if I grew marijuana for my glaucoma. Let's at
least treat nicotine like other less dangerous drugs (or legalize them).

Bill Denneen

Nipomo

Checked-by: Mike Gogulski