Plenty of users defended the mom's approach, pointing out that "there's nothing wrong with asking if you are polite and don't harass them once they say no," and that "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Another commenter put it more simply: "Closed mouths don't get fed." Some even argued that the real takeaway wasn't even in the question rather, it was in the response
Your favorite candy sticks are still around
UV light has been proven for decades to effectively disinfect air, surfaces and water
Stick to HEPA + carbon, period
Not long after the 1970 bill consideration, however, the word cigarette disappeared from candy cigarette packaging, to be replaced by the word sticks, in what was probably an attempt to make the candy less controversial
People who had quit smoking before being enrolled in the original database had 17 percent as many lung cancers as the heavy smokers had, while people who never smoked at all had just 9 percent as many