Please join us as we celebrate the 218th birthday of the Middlebury Public Library, September 27th at 5:00 PM, right here at the library. Our celebration will include live entertainment, light refreshments, and a presentation by Dr. Robert Rafford, Middlebury’s Municipal Historian, on the Past, Present, and Future of the library.
How many kids is 18.1% of all students? According to wiki, there are 37.9 million kids in primary…Read More school. High school represents 4/13 of that number (roughly) so that's about 11.6M kids, give or take, in high school who smoke. Yikes.
Today's drug prohibition is getting violent criminals off the street - how many are in prison right…Read More now? Abuse of crack cocaine, heroin and the like have been proven to alter the brain chemistry, changing the user's personality, and frequently making them violent when they otherwise would not hurt a fly. These drugs are also used to benefit people who need them as prescribed by doctors. Tobacco has no such benefits. And skydiving? What does that have to do with tobacco? Does the skydiver harm other's health a month or more after he/she's been on the ground? No. Tobacco smoke does. It's called third hand smoke. Value? How can you compare art and entertainment with smoking? Anybody can attend an art gallery and not adversely affect anybody else. Any normal person can watch TV or play video games without committing suicide or harming anybody. Smoking hurts everybody and helps no one every time a smoker lights up. Drugs and alcohol, when used in moderation or under the direction of a doctor, can be helpful. Tobacco can not make the same claim.