Hello 999,

I didn't say that smokers are pawns in order to insult them - quite the opposite. I repeat, I am only describing smokers who insist on smoking close to musicians, or around children, or, as the song makes abundantly clear to most people, in public street fairs, as scum. I stand proudly by doing so, and wrote the song specifically to target those people. I invite discussion on the matter or I wouldn't be here.

Changing the subject to pharmaceutical companies, or oil companies, stock markets, multi-national corporations etc., might help you feel less guilty as a smoker, but I am not, repeat, not aiming at you. Most smokers have been duped into smoking in the first place, lied to about the effects, and are addicted. You have nothing to feel guilty about. Smokers are being used, and you point out most eloquently that it is not a unique situation.