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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • As the compensation begins to flow with initial payouts on Friday, advocates are calling on the provinces to invest that cash into tobacco-reduction strategies.

    Good idea. There’s also a gap when it comes to addressing non-smokers experiencing smoking-related health issues, so anything aimed at tobacco-reduction would benefit that group as well.

    If the tobacco companies “want” to throw money at the situation instead of finding a sustainable solution, we should be suing them on the regular to get that money. A one-time payout, whatever the amount, is a drop in the ocean compared to the money spent advertising tobacco.

    We’ve been watching I Love Lucy. At first I downloaded it and the file was all chopped up. The story didn’tflow smoothly, and so we found the original broadcast files and discovered why. In a 25 minute show, fully 10 minutes is intense Phillip Morris commercials, embedded in the show. They don’t cut to commercials, but an “expert” (authoritative-sounding white man) walks you through the ideal day, smoking constantly. At breakfast, at your job, playing golf. There are at least 4 different styles (live action “expert”, animated Lucy and Ricky, live-action Lucy and Ricky, and what is clearly intended to be a young boy in the role of those old timey movie theatre concessions clerks or something making personal recommendations , and I feel SO fortunate that we don’t live in this world any longer.

    24 billion is NOTHING to these ghouls. Make 'em pay.


  • I just feel like I need to distance myself from this whole deal, with regret and fear in my heart.

    You may feel regret and fear now, but be open to feeling differently about this as you continue to process it. You’re making a decision that’s firmly in line with your own beliefs about the level of respect you want to feel about yourself when in a relationship. That’s a huge position of strength, even if it doesn’t feel like it now.

    Again, good luck while you navigate this. Every choice you make that reinforces your confidence and self-esteem can be a foundation to work from going forward. It takes effort, but I’m confident it will be worthwhile.