More stupidity from Philly

In today's Philadelphia Inquirer Patrick McNally laments the treatment of smokers at Citizens Bank Field where the Phillies ply their trade.

A former smoker himself he 'sympathizes with the urge to light up even though...it's a dangerous habit."

Mr. McNally says: "Cigarettes are dangerous, but the same could be said of the hot dogs, pretzels, and beer sold in the ballpark. Yet I was able to buy them and walk back to my seat to enjoy my doughy, salty, fatty, alcoholic treats."

Hot dogs and pretzels are hardly health foods, but to compare them to an addictive drug that kills nearly 6,000,000 around the world every year is ridiculous. Smoking isn't a "dangerous habit", it's a drug addiction that kills half of the people that can't stop.

In addition, eating hot dogs and pretzels don't create dangers for other people. There is no second-hand trans-fat is there?

Mr. McNally should realize that it is smoking, not smokers, that is the target here.

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