Should smoking Tabacco be made illegal?
I believe so.
Tobacco causes harm to both the smoker, and others around him, or her.
Smokers are at an increased risk for heart disease, stroke, cancer, emphysema, and other related diseases.
Not to mention they put others around them at risk.
In fact, second-hand smoke has been shown to be even more toxic.
But there's also a 3rd kind that was recently discovered, and that's the kind that gets into fabric, like clothes, drapes, and alike.
And the odor that comes form them is laced with toxins.
Smoking, as we all know damages the lungs.
But did you know that it only takes 1, I repeat ONE, damaged lung cell to for cancer to start growing?
Having seen a family member die from cancer, I can honestly tell you that it is one the most PAINFUL ways to die.
Smoking, is not cool.
It is unattractive.
And, IT IS DEADLY.
If you care about your health, and the health of your loved one's, quit now.
So based on what I've just shared, do you think it should be illegal?
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People shouldn't do it, but theres no need to outlaw it.
fatty food and alcohol are just as damaging, but i think people should be allowed to damage themselves if they want, as long as they aren't hurting others, smoking is regulated so much nowadays that really you can only smoke either outside or in a private residence, and that is all up to adults to decide whether they want to participate.
that thing about the one cancer cell is a bit misleading, because basically everybody has cancer cells in them all the time, but our body can usually destroy them before it becomes a problem, also thousands of things (that we are in regular contact with) are carcinogenic and blaming lung cancer purley on smoking is just wishful thinking.
so no it shouldn't be illegal, but it isn't recommended to do it.
We can't ban an individual from using tobacco just because it heightens their risk of cancer. Tanning also heightens your risk of cancer but that doesn't mean the government should restrict how much time you get to spend out in the sun. The government should educate the public and establish programs to help them avoid things that are harmful, but people's choice of what to do with their bodies should ultimately be their own.
Now, the argument could be made that parents (or anyone living in a house with children) should be banned from smoking because they are harming others with the second and third-hand effects. It could probably even count as a form of child abuse and be considered grounds for removing a child from that home. Logistically speaking, though, I imagine there'd be quite a lot of difficulty in trying to enforce something like that.
in england you can get reported to child services if you do smoke in the same room as a child (that can be hard to prove), and you can be fined if you smoke in a car with a child in it, and in all work vehicles no matter if all adults in the vehicle smoke
Also people shouldn't do meth or crack and shit like that but there's no need to outlaw that either. It's their body. If they wanna fuck it up, let 'em. It's not effecting my life at all.
That seems ridiculously extreme.
No I dont like it but people should be free to do it
What's ridiculous is a parent would smoke around their kids.
You put Tabacco in the title instead of tobacco.
No, it shouldn't be illegal. I'm not a smoker, but I'm also not big on the idea of a nanny state telling me what I can and cannot put in my body.
If we do that, we should also ban alcohol, it's unhealthy and addictive. It's absurd to think people would just go on with their lives normally without those things. You can't monitor it, crime rates will rise immensely just to obtain smokes. What we can do is work towards banning public smoking.
If I rubbed asbestos into my carpet and then had my (hypothetical) 2-year old toddler crawl around in it, I don't think it'd be too extreme to say that my behavior was abusive or at the very least criminally negligent. Further testing is being done to evaluate the exact risk associated with third-hand smoke, but honestly, knowingly exposing your child to even "a little bit" of toxins and carcinogens on a daily basis seems like a pretty shitty thing to do as a parent.
If people want to smoke then it's their free choice. But I do believe it should remain banned in public places like grocery stores, schools, hospitals, etc. They could also implement these rules with marijuana too.
But how to enforce it where everything perceived bad for you is illegal and punishable you could make this cause for a lot of things this could be a slippery rope to empowering the governments and the wealthy to dictate how you live but they never will because it brings it so much tax payers money which pays their wages
But smoking for me is simply the worst out of all for me because someone elses decision to be unhealthy is affecting me people say cocaine and heroine is bad but if someone did that in front of me I'm fine but if it's a smoker I have a 10% of dying from passive smoking from just breathing in that air that is unfair on the public
I think they should be allowed to do it but away from areas where the public can breath it in they are smoking rooms in Ireland for it
It should be made clear it's a bad habit and addiction to have looked down upon but not banned imo
I'm not a smoker btw
If people want to smoke, let them smoke. But when you get cancer or some shit, don't come crying to me. I think we just need to start taking warning labels off things and let natural selection run its course.
I lost people to cancer, and they never smoked one day of their life. I wouldn't blame cancer on Smoking.
IMO i'm trying to quit, so i'm all for it. Plus then the taxes that smokers pay out, the rest of you can start paying. They just increased the price of cigs to 6.25 in Ohio.
I don't really care either way. If you make it illegal, people are still going to smoke it. Just look at marijuana.
I just wish we had some consistent standards. I have yet to see a metric in which marijuana is more harmful than alcohol or tobacco, yet marijuana's illegal while the other two aren't. This study ranks a dozen drugs less harmful than marijuana. It actually ranks alcohol as the most harmful drug, above heroin and cocaine, but part of that is because of alcohol's availability, so I wouldn't read too much into that.
Consider yourself lucky, a single pack costs about $8 here.
What kind of propaganda is this bullshit? Nicotine is the only thing keeping me from losing my shit and carving runes into my skin.
i didn't mean it like that. My father's girlfriend (A life long smoker) Has been diagnosed with cancer recently. I just happen to not like smoking, It's just a matter of personal opinion.
I hate tobacco but it shouldn't be banned.
I can understand if we're talking about infants or toddlers, but I thought you was talking about older kids. My dad's a smoker and he's been hooked to tobacco since he was a teenager. He didn't smoke around me none when I was a baby or toddler, but he did when I was around 6+. I'm sorry if I took your post the wrong way. I get defensive over things that can even be slightly implied about my parents.
Again, sorry.
as much as i hate smoking and want it destroyed, it cant happen. remember prohibition? just made things worse. same with pot. people still smoke it, eat it, whatever, and depending on where you live, smoke it legally, despite it being illegal almost everywhere. so yeah
See: Prohibition Era.
All drugs that can be personally consumed should be legal. We already have city ordinances that forbid smoking indoors, so that's not an issue.
No worries. I think it's pretty reasonable to consider what I was saying to be extreme at first glance. Taking away someone's parental rights is a serious thing, especially when its over something they would otherwise be legally allowed to do. But when you take a step back and really consider that what we're talking about here is a parent repeatedly exposing their child to carcinogens, it becomes clear that some action needs to be taken to protect the safety of the child in these homes.
Well, don't start. I didn't think i would, but when your life falls apart right in front of you, you kind of fall apart yourself. Its harder to quit then you realize.
Exactly my point, imagine how much tax money will go out the window if they "ban" cigs. They got to replace that money somehow, maybe they can start taxing soda or chocolate.
No. When will people learn that making something illegal won't stop anyone from doing it if they really want to? There should be restrictions, of course, and more and more people are starting to get the hint that smoking is a destructive habit and are quitting.
The best thing to do is to keep providing educational information on the side effects and complications of smoking, as well as banning it from public areas where nonsmokers and children are present. I think eventually, as we become smarter and more aware, smoking will be a thing of the past.
Living is the leading cause of death. Nip it at the bud, I say.
legaliza it dude.
We could also allow more publicity and availability of E-Smokes and Nicotine patches for those who are smokers and are addicted.
A lot of money for taxes is from people who smoke, since the tobacco companies get taxed for a lot of money.
Imagine how the taxes for people would go up, if this were to happen.
And imagine how many people would get arrested/fined for smoking, since a lot of people do.
Though personally I think it should be illegal.
Yes it should and so should marijuana .