Dear John,

Your questions are well taken, and the point you make is very important. We have seen, many times, divorces and fights because of the smoking issue. Our mailboxes are full of messages from people from all walks of life in incredible distress. Divorces, fights, job loss, revenges, suspicion, anxiety, stress, lost friendships, mistrust and defensiveness, and ugly manoeuvres against peers are everyday news for us.

The fools who belittle the issue of smoking and applaud the latest ban out of selfishness for the achievement of a stupid "smoke-free" environment; or those who cannot understand, out of ignorance or short-sightedness, why all this fuzz about smoking, do not understand how deeply personal the smoking issue is.

The professional antismoking bastards, on the other hand, are very well aware of that. Their entire campaigns are designed to evoke the worst in human nature. Why? Above and beyond the fact that antismoking has turned into a powerful parasite industry, which is making many dishonest people rich, there are several other factors transcending the economic. The feeling of power is one of them: the power to control the lives of people. This power fascinates many, even at the popular level. Picture the frustrated 9-to-5 non smoking worker, a yes-man who has to bend himself to the whim of his boss (and, at home, maybe even of his wife); because of his limitations, he can only look forward to more of the same in his future. Now – at last - he can vent his hatred with the blessing of the state: against his smoking colleagues! FINALLY he has some power!

The same applies to marriages, father-children relationships, and much more. There is always scum in the soul of every one of us; it is part of our nature just as much as altruism and kindness. Antismoking is, today, the legitimising tool that allows the scum to surface. When the state sanctions hatred, this is inevitably the case: the Nazis, the fascists, communism in USSR, McCarthyism in USA, and on and on, counted on hatred to implement their agenda. Hatred is there, in all of us, as much as love is, just waiting for a catalyst; but hatred is easier to trigger, as hurting others induces a feeling of power and strength, while loving opens us to vulnerabilities. And that is very the reason why antismoking campaigns are so contemptible.

Why then there are no studies about the immense social devastation antitobacco causes? The answer is as logical as it is simple: because they do not serve the agenda of antitobacco. Yet that devastation is visible to all those who want to see: just think about children who are taught to disrespect parents who smoke: what kind of respect will those people be capable of for those who are "different"? What kind of citizens will they become? What society will they build? But this is exactly what the hate-mongers, who are in control of the institutions, do not want us to ever know. Those damages are irrelevant to their agendas, and they are rationalised as an "acceptable loss" for the achievement of a "greater good": a smoke-free society at whatever the cost. Therefore, expecting them to be willing to see the consequences of their actions is unreasonable.

Forcing people to behave against their will -- with the help of false science and the iron fist of the state -- is tantamount to rape, and as such it should be treated. We certainly hope that, one day, the antismoking criminals will be tried and punished for their crimes. It will not be one day too soon -- and we want to be part of the smoking jury.

We are certainly working hard at it.

Regards,