you totally stole this whole concept from Thank you for Smoking the book as well as the movie. way to be a ripoff!

issues with structure and organization (which is what i usually find myself critiquing essays on) notwithstanding, this piece was quite thought-provoking. personally, i think that smoking, however disgusting and despicable it may seem to those who do not enjoy it, ultimately comes down to the person who pays, whether with money or their life, for the cigarettes. on the one hand there's people like us, who watch others deteriorate and die through the use of these things and protest at the companies who sell them, holding the latter at fault; and on the other there're those who are paying with their own pocket for the cigarettes, those for whom the addiction is at a state so advanced that they can no longer resist the power that nicotine has over them. although it may be considered callous to say so, my take on this is and has always been that it ultimately comes down to freedom of choice: whoever wishes to smoke should be allowed to smoke. whoever doesn't should just leave them alone. though i don't enjoy smoking, or smokers, i do think that cigarettes are an optimal tool for, well, "cleaning up the gene pool" - ridding the world of people foolish enough to use these things in a method much like that of the darwin awards.

then again, i won't deny that, as with all plans, there are flaws here as well. not all people have made conscious decisions to use cigarettes; most, like teenagers, have given in to peer or tobacco company pressure or been far too easily impressed upon by family members who use cigarettes and cannot be held totally responsible for what they do. which brings me to my bottom line: tobacco and cigarette use, in the end, has no one solution. no matter what we do, there will always be a small fraction of people disappointed and angered by the result. for now, at least, the situation remains in limbo.

i'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, by the way. i've lost a couple of uncles to smoking, so believe me when i say that i can identify. of course, the booze and the pot might've been what'd done them in, but that's not the point. (i'm sorry if i sound callous here, but they were all abusive with their wives and children and not to mention complete **, so i don't think my lack of niecerly affection is unwarranted.)

Well, I agree for a bit. Then I picked up on your sarcasm. But smoking does control population in a way. I could agree with some points.

I'm glad you liked my essay.

Yes, a lot of stuff is true. A biologist tried to lecture me. I think he's never done it...

Peace man!

*hits a spliff*

ooV!

PEACE! LOVE! *coughs out smoke* Triangle!

*cough-cough*

Damn!

thank you for reviewing my work. this essay you wrote is a good essay

Human population grows big...Bigger than the resources we can use...resources run out...we starve...then as the resources restore themselves...we populate ourselves back.

Sure Peace-chan this may be sarcatsic but in a twisted way it is true. I mean what happens if the number of lions are greater than the lambs? The lambs will be extinct, the lions will starve. I like this piece alot.

okay. in my wondrous summer vacation and browsing through history books to finish my summer assignments and IB extended essay, i decided to today, dedicate myself to reading some of the works for people that i know on fictionpress. since i hold you in high regard as writer, i will put it simply in the beginning. this is a well written piece, although it is lacking the basic structural component and that fact that i didn't really find the satire all that funny, i will have to still say that it was an enjoyable read. however... with all the respect i have for you, i cannot let this go past without playing a little devil's advocate. to begin, although it was touching, i find that i am very disappointed in the note at the end of essay about your grandmother. although i do believe that some extent that there is grief in your heart, and your intentions are well, i find the use of pathos and emotional appeal to be a very low blow. in speech, its' called a number of things, but most of the time can be summed up in one word... victimization. which in this critique... i will say that you don't use any of it in your actual essay which might of tremdelously improved it... although you will find that a lot people do despise people who like to toy with an audience's emotions.second, and please... do consider i'm not trying to offend or harshly critique... but the second problem beyond the structure... in that really you have one main point spread out between 6 paragraphs or so a little... lacking... the point you make is not true. unless you are a firm believer in the economic policy that states the world will come to an end cause the human population will expand till all hell breaks loose, the tobacco companies aren't doing us a favor. this is to say, that even to a non-smoker as myself, i find as a useless argument for your point. i don't believe that you need to tell the tobacco companies that they're killing people, because i think they know, and i think they don't think it's their fault, and quite frankly i don't believe it is. although i don't advertise smoking, helping maintain the world's population is an ineffective satirical thesis for your essay. although i will add that it is indeed quite funny at first glance... it's not... really... that helpful.third, which is a very short point, i think if you want to write an effective essay to prusuade people not smoke... would not be to target the companies. blaming others never solved the problem... that same with satire. however, educating others may solve the problem much more effectively and suing... in my eyes... anyone who sues the tobacco company for liability is no different from someone who sues mcdonalds for them being fat. lastly, the most logical of my arguments is that... i think this essay doesn't address the most logical aspect of smoking as an issue... (as with any chemical consumption)... why are we trying to save people who blatantly find it cool to kill themselves. i find it futile to waste efforts... and most of all words, on people who rather die than live. i would content and sarcasticly say "thank you for removing yourself from the human gene pool you fruit case."however, as all conclusion should have it, my greater point. your essay was well written. very stylistic, and very interesting. a delightful read, and nothing i didn't expect did i find missing. although i have problems one big argument essay i can safely say the people have different ways of arguing. so in short, i'll put in simple terms. as to much the respect you deserve, thank you for the delightful read. however, by no means do i agree with you, or have you changed my thoughts on whether we should even be arguing this issue of smoking. i, not being a smoker myself, find it hard to stop people who purposefully want kill themselves. likewise... i cannot find a single argument on why we should blame/stop/punish/(insert negative word) any member of the tobacco industry.however, i will assert once again. thank you for the enjoyable read, and you still have my deepest respect as a writer.

kakyou

Too bad about your grandmother. I've also lost a grandparent to smoking, and will soon lose another. However, no one in the world forced them to take up the habit. Their blood is on their own hands--no one else's.

You might want to check the last paragraph again. The "president of the tobacco companies" (is there such a position?) "denies the fact that smoking is non-addictive"--i.e., he says, incorrectly, that smoking is habit-forming. You need to nix one of your negatives there.

OOMM: OMG you had me laughing so Freaking hard! I couldn't beleive you wrote that! I know it was meant as a way to get people to STOP smoking but I couldnt' help but laugh at the sheer humor you put into it. This was extremely funny and I'm still smiling as I write that review, and as we all know smiling as a very unuasual thing for me LOL! As if. In any case, great job with this. Keep up the awesome work.Power to the HikarisDon't doubt the ones who know,When you do not

If I want to inhale toxic chemicals, that's my business. So stay the hell out of it.

OMFG ROFL kewl st1ck it to the tobakko c0mpanies those evil b@5t4rdz selling a legal and governmentally subsidized product.

You should send this to all the big tobbacco companies and then post the responses you get, if any. That would be pretty good. Nice essay. Well thought out and well written. Good job.