Should smoking be banned in the U.S.?

Question

Smoking hurts your lungs and isn't good for you. More and more people are dying through first hand and second hand smoke. Defects are occurring in babies because of the. Smoking also contributes to pollution and global warming. So much money is even being spent to purchase them.

Answer 1

Eating fast food isn't good for you either. Neither is not exercising.

AGW is a Al Gore-made myth.

Why don't you just mind your own goddamn business and let people do whatever the **** they want to?

Answer 2

Yes...it's hurtful and useless. Really, who thinks it's cool to have lung cancer?

Answer 3

No, and there are few parallels between AGW and smoking.

Answer 4

Smoking should not be banned. Although I personally hate smoking and wish it were, it would be unconstitutional. Kind of like prohibition when the government banned alcohol. Although there are bad affects of smoking, it is the person's choice to smoke. If the government did take away smoking, people would still go out and buy cigarettes. In fact, cigarrettes would be the forbidden apple which everyone knows can't be resisted.

And the tobacco company is a billion dollar industry. Although you can decide not to participate in its expansion, think of all the jobs people would lose as major corporate cigarette companies in America declared bankruptcy.

People should be aware though of the risks of tobacco because it is very damaging to a person's health and the environment. I applaud the government for taking action with the tobacco and drug commercials. I think its a step in the right direction. Hopefully people will eventualy get over their addictions but in the mean time, smoking should not be banned.

Answer 5

your concern is sweet but in the U.S. there is such a thing as the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.

Sadly, even these rights are being taken away slowly one by one and i would be MUCH more worried about that than smoking.

Besides, if everyone stopped smoking, where would the government get most of their taxes from?

Answer 6

NO!!! The whole point of being in a democracy is that people make their own choices and are responsible for their own lives.