Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for November 10, 1989

Transcript:

Mr. Butts: Bill, Bill! Look at yourself, man! Addicted to nicotine at the same time you're throwing thousands in jail for using a drug far less dangerous than tobacco! How many deaths a year did the surgeon general implicate me in? About 395,000 right? And yet society has learned to live with me and my costs! Meanwhile, poor Mr. Jay doesn't have a single death to his credit, and you spend billions failing to eradicate him! What gives? Bill: I'll tell you what...what...where's my gum? Where's my damn gum? Miss Nickie: Here I am, baby! Come to mama...