Rodney Dangerfield Quotes
I met the surgeon general - he offered me a cigarette.
Dangerfield, Rodney. It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs. Bantam Books, 2004.
The deaths and health problems caused by smoking exist the world over. In Islam the religion is overriding into all facets of society and life. Whereas this lack of separation of church and state presents many difficulties, this quotation demonstrates one positive aspect if the ability of Islam to improve the quality of life. Smoking cessation and avoidance becomes a religious obligation—not just a sensible thing to do to preserve health.
The World Health Organization, a component of the United Nations, advocated national restrictive legislation to control and eliminate smoking. The smoking addict, hooked on nicotine was caught between public health efforts to regulate and eliminate tobacco and the efforts to treat the addicts and respect the individual’s right to freedom of choice.
In Japan it was illegal to manufacture and sell cigarettes except for the government which maintains the cigarette monopoly and reaps $18 billion annually as a result. This label was all the government could bring itself to use. Japanese health authorities saw it as a type of victory since prior to this there was no warning whatsoever.
Jack Roy, popularly known by the stage name Rodney Dangerfield, was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase "I don't get no respect!" and his monologues on that theme.