How does this apply to the misinformation campaign waged by tobacco companies? Their customers were deceived, and therefore could not give informed consent.
I abhor secondhand smoke too, and applaud legal constraints on where you can emit poisonous fumes, like smoking bans in enclosed spaces. But cigarette smoking is easily separable from the worst of its local air pollution effects, and unless you're willing to condemn even more harshly people who choose to live in the suburbs, this is a dishonest argument.
> How does this apply to the misinformation campaign waged by tobacco companies?
No argument here; this is the reason I'm no fan of tobacco companies. Though this is again a theoretically-separable evil from selling cigarettes per se.
That's hyperbolic to the point of seeming like farce.
The traditionally spiritual mindsets are necessary to be a positive fit. Wisdom, mindfulness, humility, acceptance etc. I think they are correlated to intelligence but they are not as immediately accessible as cleverness, they must be intentionally cultivated.
Everybody has to seek these for themselves and try to be a good model for those they interact with. Nobody is good enough to be good for everybody else, plan the whole system, and cure everybody by rule of force. The inability to tolerate some amount of imperfection and dirtiness is the root of a greater evil. Don't invite dragons to take care of your wolf problem.
[0] "There is certainly widespread agreement about the paradigm threats to personal autonomy: brainwashing and addiction are the favorite examples in the philosophical literature. But philosophers seem unable to reach a consensus about the precise nature of these threats. They cannot agree about how it is that certain influences on our behavior prevent us from governing ourselves." From: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/personal-autonomy/
Not all addictions are the same, and the fact that some people are able to stop their addictions attests to that. But they are definitely in a "meta" category of desire which childhood experiences and genetics are not.
>Consider first the unwilling addict, who is someone that has both a first-order desire to take the drug, and a first-order desire not to take the drug. Crucially, however, the unwilling addict also has a second-order volition that her first-order desire to take the drug not be her will. This is the basis for her unwillingness. Regrettably, her irresistible addictive desire to take the drug constitutes her will. Next, consider the case of the willing addict. The willing addict, like the unwilling addict, has conflicting first-order desires as regards taking the drug to which she is addicted. But the willing addict, by way of a second-order volition, embraces her addictive first-order desire to take the drug. She wants to be as she is and act as she does.
>It is now easy to illustrate Frankfurt’s hierarchical theory of free will. The unwilling addict does not take the drug of her own free will since her will conflicts at a higher level with what she wishes it to be. The willing addict, however, takes the drug of her own free will since her will meshes with what she wishes it to be.
Me neither. However, the construction trucks driving around in front of my apartment with exhaust so thick it covered my patio with a thin layer of soot don't give a fuck about my consent.
Second-hand tobacco smoke is a non-issue, as smoking is already banned in places where people don't have a choice to be in (bus stations, building entrances, etc..).
But if we go with the 'battery' hyperbole, I would 'batter' back people who sneeze/cough and don't cover their mouths. I don't consent to have poisonous bodily fluids near me.
Seeing how battery is kind of a stretch, do you see obese people as homeless (because of ruining their bodies/sanctuary)?
I still laugh when I think of how much nicotine and coffee were consumed by NASA to get the space program going back in the day. I'm pretty sure intelligent people are/were aware of the dangers of their indulgences.
Smoking in confined spaces may not be recommended, but smelling smoke (from tobacco) in an outside setting should not warrant such an irrational response.
I guess unless you've never smoked before, you may not be aware of the pleasures of a good cup of coffee and nicotine session.
https://m.youtube.com/watch/llOvhzKr0_A
I was in a good mood this morning and thought battery was an over-reaction. Karma says otherwise, if thats to be taken into account.
I'm also an avid golfer and cigarette use among some of the greats is/was no secret, so depending on your role models, smoking is just another vice adults can enjoy (in moderation, of course).