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0 p$ i( L9 J+ b If you smoke and you still don’t believe that there’s a definite link
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and you are certainly deceiving yourself. No one will accuse you 2.___
/ v3 @* r; A0 @3 \, a% U n9 w with hypocrisy. Let us just say that you are suffering from a bad case of 3.______: ?9 S6 Z/ {9 y& _6 M
wishful thinking. This needn’t make you too uncomfortable because you are
# C: K7 @# b; v) B2 Z in a good company. Whenever the subject of smoking and health is 4.___& Y6 J2 g* Q% H' U
raised, the governments of most countries hear no evil, see no evil and
4 F* U* p' n; L& |7 f4 q smell no evil. Admittedly, a few governments have not taken timid 5.______
/ h; `: v5 O3 O" P9 \ measures. In Britain for instance, cigarette advertising has been banned on
, y8 Y# ~2 \ U' F5 H+ s television. The conscience of the nation is appeased, while the population
7 o1 a. `% ^% G# X8 n continues to puff its way to smoky, cancerous death. O3 e R- \ s9 L2 S4 L+ R1 D; f. n
You don’t have to look very far to find out that the official reactions 6._____1 i% W: E0 F# ]
to medical findings have been so lukewarm. The answer is simple money. 7._______
4 E) N1 m& ?2 E1 i. [ Tobacco is a wonderful commodity to tax. It’s almost like a tax on" @; s/ {$ l. G0 s* Y; `5 Z
our daily bread. In tax revenue lonely, the government of Britain 8.______. g2 m) x1 g! i" ]4 B( p
collect enough from smokers to pay for its entirely educational facilities. 9._____
5 n3 ]; ]9 T) _7 T$ E, s9 |! B So while the authorities point out ever so discreetly that smoking may,
& k: ` P4 l) n$ j/ U3 a conceivably, harmful, it doesn’t do to shout too loudly about it. 10.______
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