I am only talking about a complete ban, not limited use such as personal proximity, restaurants and bars, or any designated smoking areas.
2006-07-05 21:55:55 · 11 answers · asked by austintheprofoundway 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
15 years
2006-07-05 22:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by john p 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Prohibition was tried with liquor....and look how well that went: it created deadly cold-blooded mafia families and got a lot of innocent people senselessly killed--and for what? Because a group of religious fanatic church ladies convinced the President banning liquor sales was the right thing to do for God!!!
It's no wonder why we have Constitutional Amendments keeping church and state separate....or supposed to anyways.
Now we got the American Cancer Society, grouped with other liberal "clean air" lobbyists enjoying some scary anti-smoking victories over the past 14 years! And yes: they are pushing for a complete prohibition of ALL tobacco products--just like we once did with liquor!!!!
Evidently, these mindless idiots (some actual degree educated people, if you can believe that), missed out on the high school history class lesson on Prohibition.
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
If the ACS are successful in getting a complete cigarette/tobacco production halt, making the sale of such products a felony crime--as we done with liquor prohibition, more lives will be killed than saved.
Look at it this way: you think the mafia gang birth from Prohibition was ugly, you haven't seen the worst yet....but you will if a complete tobacco production prohibition is ever made. Not only will today's gangs flourish with black market tobacco sales, but new more deadly gangs will spring out as a result of such a prohibition.
It's time to hear from the pro-smoker lobby on this issue.
2006-07-06 05:08:24 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Wizard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think cigarettes will ever get banned in the United States because alcohol causes more health problems and car accidents than smoking does and they will never ban alcohol again after what happened with Prohibition.
2006-07-06 05:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by compendious 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't likely anytime soon.
Buy a pack of Japanese Sevens and look at the side, it's all Virginia Tobacco. Buy a pack of Dunhills in England, or English Ovals or nearly any imported cigarette. Almost all are made of US Tobacco.
Banning cigarettes in the U.S., when we're already suffering from a lack of dominant exports, would be economically unwise.
2006-07-06 05:23:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mesa P 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That won't happen for a long long time if at all. However it will become increasingly harder for smokers to find a legal place to do it. That is already happening, and will continue to do so. As it is the government makes far too much from cigarette taxes to fully ban them.
2006-07-06 05:00:47 · answer #5 · answered by evil_kandykid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as we keep buying it and the government keep getting tax money from them it will never be band the best thing we can do is e educate the young people not to smoke cigarettete so in the future the cigaret company will go bankrupt.
2006-07-06 05:06:03 · answer #6 · answered by john 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never.
But if it will take place, it will go away in 15 years or so.
See: History of Prohibition:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition
2006-07-06 11:19:38 · answer #7 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christ i gotta go to mars for a smoke as it is! how much more do they want!!!!
they ban it we contraband it baby!
you gotta love the USA$$$$
2006-07-06 05:10:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
About the same amount of time it will take for Hell to freeze!
2006-07-06 04:59:59 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy Pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never.
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
I'm no fan of smoking, but everyone has a right to kill themselves if they want to.
2006-07-06 05:00:18 · answer #10 · answered by timthinks 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋