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...more widespread objections to Dor Yeshorim are almost irrational. Obviously, we aren't disturbed by the concept of trying to ensure that a child is the healthiest and the "best" he could possibly be. Increasingly, women are watching what goes into their bodies during pregnancy, refraining from tobacco, alcohol, and even caffeine. No one raises an eyebrow when parents send their children to school early, infusing them with "Hooked on Phonics" and "Reading Rainbow," in an effort to unleash their maximum potential...
...matters stand, it's perfectly legal for members to accept speechmaking or "briefing" invitations from well-heeled lobbyists -- typically at cushy resorts in balmier climes during dreary winter months. Last January, for example, U.S. Tobacco staged a legislative briefing in Boca Raton, Florida, with 17 past and present members of Congress. In April, 10 members and their spouses spent four days and three nights at the South Seas Plantation resort off Florida's Gulf Coast, with airfares, hotel bills and, of course, greens fees paid for by the Electronics Industries Association...
Initially, blacks worked alongside whites in the tobacco fields of Virginia and the Carolinas, but by 1650 field hands were invariably men and women of color. One reason: because of what science now knows is the sickle-cell trait, blacks were often less susceptible than whites to the depredations of malaria. More important, a terrible distinction had been made, first informally but then in legislation: white servants were considered persons despite their temporary state of servitude; blacks were mere property that could be bought and sold...
...Tobacco is the primary nongenetic contributor to death in the U.S.; among other things, it doubles the chance of having a stroke. Poor diet and lack of exercise are second, alcohol abuse is third, and microbes and viruses are a distant fourth...
Testimony from members of the Substance Abuse Task Force and the Massachusetts Tobacco Control Program supported Duehay's skepticism...