They're A Drain On My Brain

Can someone specifically pinpoint exactly the origins of where this stupid, idiotic and nonsensical idea that "smokers are a drain on the health care system" comes from? Everywhere I go it seems Tom, Dick, Harry, Jane, June and Mable regurgitate this line to justify the "war on smoking."

As I said in a previous post, if smokers are putting unduly stress on public health, then we have bigger problems than smokers, no? Who's next? People who drink soda?

This line of logic reminds me of people in defending abortion say things like, "oh, you'd rather want an unwanted baby be a drain on the economy?"

I won't even begin to discuss that one.

M'Lord. Where have we lost our ability to critically think?

Judging by how some are star struck like a teenager with President Obama, it won't be coming back anytime soon.