How cars are like cigarettes

Check out this five-star excellent post on the many similarities between tobacco and cars by Michael O'Hare. He makes the point that once-unquestioned social conventions can change quickly once activists refuse to accept "that's just the way it is" and start highlighting the costs these conventions impose.

Check out this five-star excellent post on the many similarities between tobacco and cars by Michael O’Hare. He makes the point that once-unquestioned social conventions can change quickly once activists refuse to accept "that’s just the way it is" and start highlighting the costs these conventions impose.

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