Tobaccos toxic compounds systematically destroy bodily functions, compromising immune response, vision health, oral integrity, and triggering multiple malignancies throughout the body
The biggest donor to Yes on 56 is billionaire Tom Steyer, who has contributed more than $11 million
Cigarette smoke also produces the same effect, but Crotty Alexander was surprised that the e-cig vapors did as well, given that they were not supposed to contain the health-harming carcinogens that tobacco smoke does
Researching this story, looking for links that I could hold up to ridicule -- look at these fascists, wanting baseball to ban a perfectly legal substance -- I stumbled onto this video from June of ESPN's Keith Olbermann titled "Baseball Needs to Ban Chewing Tobacco." Made me sigh, because Olbermann's a fiery guy, and if I was going to hold up his commentary as silly fascist nonsense to ridicule -- and I was -- well, that could get ugly
Well, as potentially harmful to their health as it may have been, the grossness was all necessary to do justice to the time period and setting