<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishHata hivyo, ilikuwa sera yake ya uhariri kwamba jambo muhimu kuhusu kuvuta sigara haikuwa kuuza bidhaa ya sumu ambayo huua watu nusu milioni kwa mwaka; ilikuwa uhuru wa kuchagua.  <response>: Either way, it was his editorial policy that the essential thing about smoking was not selling a toxic product that kills half a million people a year; it was freedom of choice. 