Do You Smoke..?

Do You Smoke..?



the FIA announced the schedule for the 2004 season,the notable changes include the addition of bahrain ,china and the absence of austria and canada.the reason for the austrian grandprix being left out of the 2004 calender is its sponsorship contracts with the tobbaco industry.i find it absolutely ridiculous,and juvenile that the FIA has banished a spectacular track which has given us plenty of adrenalin rushing action in the past few years.the A1 ring ,one of the oldest tracks in the calender is also O*e of the most picturesque located between a forest and mountain.the new Fia regulations which don't allow tracks to be associated with tobbacco multinationals(TM's) is a narrowminded ,thoughtless conclusion which if spreads to other sports will certainly slow the rate of development,and limit excellence in sport.

i don't smoke,and i do have a thing against smokers for polluting air and even endangering the non-smoking intelligentsia with the adversities that accompany smoking.But i will still allow the TM's to pour money in sport because most governments can't do enough to raise world standards.Smoking is injurious to health and believe me when a smoker dies or stands in line to get his rotten lung replaced,he has all my good wishes and sympathy.sports has been associated with tobacco sponsorship since its early days,we've had a world cup sponsored by them,the top 4 formula O*e teams are sponsored by tobacco conglomerates,they've spent money O* rallies,teams and all possible areas O* investment in sport.regardless of that the fact remains that athletes don't smoke and if they do,they don't remain athletes for long.the advertising regulations that govern the tobacco industry are already extremely stringent and their eagerness to sponsor sports event is O*ly understandable.if they overstep the line legally ,they will be caned and of course they should be.they are O*ly trying to sell a product,which isn't a modern day health food type just the opposite actually.the smokers buy cigarettes and its in their own legal rights,because they can buy ciggarettes.its like a prostitute who knows shes giving physical favours, buying money and losing a part of herself with it but still she does for reasons known to herself.if u shutdown the whole system,the reasons still remain,and they are her own personal reasons.much like the smokers.

what exactly is the Fia trying to do whens its coming down so heavily O* the TM's,assumably its trying to curtail the number of youngsters O* being enchanted with pleasure of smoking.is that not an outright insult of freedom of _VOID,the Fia nor can anyone else make the decison for any individual about him trying to kill himself.its like a fools right to be foolish.personally i feel every smoker knows the consequences of smoking and he/she isn't really bothered about it,or maybe is bothered and can't stop coz of his personal reasons.that isn't reason good enough to take off a brilliant circuit from the formula O*e calender.at times i've even felt that the TM'S are doing a humanitarian job by wiping of the weak in our society,helping a loser lose.this is a form of survival of the fittest and the TM's have to applauded for their efforts,even Charles would agree.Too many people are dying everyday for us to be bothered about a few,and especially the weaker few.we can't stop a dying person from dying ,thats what gonna happen to him because of the choices he's already made.

it doesn't matter where the money comes from in sports,as long as it's being used for the benefit of sport and nowhere else.sports is as beneficial to humans as the arts,or even more and a true indicator of character.we as individuals have the rights and sometimes the sensibilities to make the right choices.Theres not enough reason to take my,and surely many others peoples favourite grandprix away from them especially if your also blocking the trash.