Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 02, 1989
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February 03, 1989
Transcript:
Phil: The fact is, Mark, when you take a close look at these figures, they just don't hold up as scare statistics! For instance, the billions in "lost" productivity! How do we know that all the smokers who got sick wouldn't have gotten sick anyway? Look at me. After 30 years of smoking, I haven't missed a single day of work owing to smoking-related illness! Mark: Dad, you had a heart attack! Phil: Okay, so I missed a week. Ten days, tops!
For someone who’s pretty much risking his life by being so close to that, Mark sure is calm.