Republican representatives say, "smoke 'em if you got 'em," reintroduce carcinogens into Congress
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As reported by the Independent, "Smoking is back in the Capitol under new House Republican majority." If you ever wondered about whether the Republicans in Congress care about the health of the American people, their decision to reintroduce carcinogens into the US Capitol seems to answer that question. Indeed, in litigation in the early 2000s involving deceptive marking practices by the tobacco industry, Washington DC federal district court Judge Gladys Kessler found the following, as reported in The New York Times on August 18, 2006: "Cigarette makers profit from selling a highly addictive product which causes diseases that lead to a staggering number of deaths per year, an immeasurable amount of human suffering and economic loss and a profound burden on our national health care system."
But apparently, congressional Republicans believe that voters delivered them their slim majority in the House of Representative because the Republican voters were sick and tired of their members of Congress not being able to smoke in the Capitol.