gives up on evidence and turns to quackery.

yes, it is a basic example of circular logic. It's pretty sad this is being published in reputable sites as real journalism.

friction collects fibers away from your clothes and they gather in your bellybutton as the only place they can gather in. Any other questions?

Oh, our understanding of physical laws resembles the way human-built computers that owe their existence to human understanding of physical laws operate? Yup, must mean the universe is a computer simulation, no other explanation for it.

That's 660USD per teacher. This is supposed to inspire???

Don't you mean industry lobbyists? Everyone who is old enough to smoke currently is unaffected by this law, so are you seriously suggesting parents go out campaigning for their childrens' right to smoke tobacco? I think that could only happen in America.

... tobacco activists? Don't you mean industry lobbyists?