Letter: Imploring smokers to find a way to quit

Monday, Sept. 10, 2007 | 7 a.m.

Cigarettes are nothing more than cylinders of death to the user and the innocent recipient of the smoke from the cylinders.

Letter writer Brad Evans ("Nonsmokers afraid to let free market work," Sept. 2) should have been by my side when my best friend (father-in-law) died a hideous death from his addiction to tobacco. He begged me for his clothes so he could leave the hospital. Not much of a chance with all the life support strapped to him.

Mr. Evans, you'd do well to kick your death addiction than to praise the free market system. People like you look for many ways to justify your addiction.

I had the guts to kick my tobacco addiction 30 years ago. I suggest you and your smoking friends get the same intestinal fortitude and bite the bullet, before the bullet bites you all. Believe me, you can live a great life without being a slave to tobacco. If you can't, I suggest you look deep within your life and find out why you need to be addicted.

Before I came to Vegas 10 years ago, I was a heavy drinker. I made up my mind to become just a social drinker. I pride myself on doing just that. It takes will power, Mr. Evans - not too many people today have it.

John Tominsky, Las Vegas