Butt Ugly Habits
November 17, 2007 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments |
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Puhi: To smoke tobacco HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Where the wind blows, there the smoke falls.”
TURN YOUR HEAD AND COUGH (OR PUKE)November 17, 2006: The Great American Smokeout hits Maui, as new ordinances go into effect, banning smoking in public places, restaurants, bars, nearly every public place, and 50 feet outside of public places, too.
During the debate over the new regulations, businesses, particularly bars and restaurants, howled at the disastrous impact the new law would have on their incomes, how they might have to lay off workers or even close for good.
As usual, none of this happened. A year later, business is good, no one got fired, and the air is a bit cleaner.According to healthyhawaii.com, smokers in Hawaii live an average of 14 years less than nonsmokers.
And speaking of bad habits, American corporations continue to hook their customers on the world’s most addictive substance — nicotine — and profit from the hundreds of thousands of worldwide deaths their products cause annually. But it’s okay because we’re only addicted to “free market capitalism.”
