Smoker's make up a large part of the U.S. population these days. If such a large group of people were subject to the brunt of rigorous prosecution by those that don't practice the same habit, then there would obviously be a major cause for concern. The question is would non-smoking American citizens respond to smoking with such overwhelming urgency just because they need a "scapegoat" for their hatred?
             King started smoking when she bought a cigarette box for decoration. After that, smoking was the cause of many nostalgic memories for her, such as smoking after sex. King defends her views of how smokers are hated in a few demonstrative ways. The section "Smokers on the Run," demonstrates how hateful non-smokers views grew aggressive when second-hand smoke was introduced. King further emphasizes how non-smokers are being persuaded that smokers represent filthiness by the media and how this persuasion is accomplished by ads of cleanliness being intertwined with anti-tobacco ads in the "Health Nazis," segment. She uses the example of early immigrants to demonstrate how smokers are the new "scapegoats" in society. King then shows how the anti-smoking campaign will target a specific class of people to demonstrate how bad smoking is. She concludes by showing how a smoker's habit is blown out of proportion, and stresses that the "hatred of smokers is the conformist's substitute for the hatred that dare not speak its name." Although Florence King's stance on the way smokers are unjustly treated and how they are conspired against in her essay may be valid and adequate, I feel her extremist means of justifying this stance purposefully fail to relate specific examples of why non-smokers really feel the way they feel.
             The persecution of Florence King and smokers is very much prevalent in today's society. News media, advertisements, and the random "soap box&qu...