CIGARETTES, SECOND HAND SMOKE AND HOMOSEXUALITY part B

so now i will talk a little more about what i was discussing earlier...ok as i was saying if someone did even a little honest historical research they would find that way back when the good ole u.s.a. was much, much younger tobacco and its use (smoking, chewing) was touted (by some) as being beneficial to ones health. note that i say some. in the "early tobacco days" there were those who looked at it's use as something less then beneficial and certainly not glamorous or acceptable. usually they were conservative individuals and those who's religious leanings were right of center. in other words those from (to use a totally ambiguous leftist term) the religious right. now i did not live back then but it is possible that those who were in favor of tobacco, it's use and who promoted it's benefits found those against it's use to be amusing, funny, backwards...they may have possibly thought them to be close minded and to use a p.c. term of today "intolerant". why do i say this? because more then likely their reasons for objecting to the use of tobacco were based on their religious convictions. remember, back then they did not have the medical data and reseach that we have today. so it would seem logical to conclude that the main argument against tobacco and it's use may have been one based on that of morality (or religion if you choose). what is interesting is that those who objected to tobacco and it's use for religious/moral purposes (there had to be at least a few) back then have since been proven to be correct by science and medical studies. stick with me there's more to this...