They’re social outcasts, rejected by their families and communities, forced into their own “circles” and “cells” to partake of their passion. They’re smokers, and, say their more vocal advocates, they’re being treated as though they were the carriers and bringers of disease.
Though unwilling to categorically deny that her fellow smokers are “the carriers and bringers of disease” when asked by the Daily Grind, activist Kelly Fogh reckons that the anti-smoking message is radicalising the group.
“We’re telling this group of people, who have below-average intelligence, low self-esteem and addictive personalities to congregate in little rooms and on balconies every day,” she told us.
“We’re telling them that no, this thing you love is bad. We’re glaring at them and exchanging hushed words of condemnation.”
“We could be radicalising smokers to a point where they could start to threaten our health and safety. Even more.”