If everyone knows cigarettes are bad, and that the people who make them shold be sued, then why do they keep??

Question

why do people keep making cigarettes? the company, i mean, HOW ST-U-PID! THEY SHOULD BE SUED, FOR KILLING MORE THAN 45, 000 PEOPLE A YEAR!!!! WHY CAN'T WE JUST STOP THEM? STOP EVERYTHING?SUGAR POWER'S BETTER!AND THERE'S CANCER IN SOMKING, WHAT-THE-HECK!!!♣♠

Answer 1

There are about 6.5 people in the world, I presume about1 billion smoke. That's 1/6 of the population.
People just can't stop smoking, imagine it as if someone banned drinking alcohol, it's not like people are going to stop.


Unfortunately , there are things that can't stop ... atleast not for now.
Of course, sugar is better :}.

Answer 2

I smoke and I know all the risks that is my fault not the companys you only live once and if you enjoy smoking then go ahead and smoke i am ok with the fact that it is killing me.

Why should the companies get sued they donot put the cigarettes in our mouth and make us inhale them, that is my our own free will?

Any way if they didn't make them people would start geting the tobacco illegally and roling their own cigarettes like they do pot. Any in that case the government would not make any money off of the taxes on cigarettes.

Which brings me to why they should legallize pot. People are going to smoke it regardless if it is legal or not, the government might as well make it legal and charge taxes on it and treat it as alcohol (like you cannot smoke pot and drive, etc.).

Answer 3

It's called choice. Just like gambling and alcohol. It's available, perhaps ok in small quantities but over indulgence kills. Smoking started (if I'm not wrong) as a ritual where only small quantities are smoked. Today, the relatively low cost plus addictive nature of the substance makes it a hard to kick habit once someone is hooked no to it.

Answer 4

Some people like smoking, even though is bad for them. I am not trying to defend the smoking company, or anything. But what about drinking do you know who many people a year die from drinking or related drinking accidents? People do things to them self that are bad for them all the time. Simple things like drinking caffeine, believe it or not but caffeine is bad for you. It may not effect you now but over long term use it will start to eat away your teeth. and your throat, but I bet you have have a coke or Dr pepper every now and then... So until people stop doing everything that harms them, I think we should all lay off it, don't you?

Answer 5

Well, its really difficult to ban the cigarettes and completely stop their production because people who are already addicted to smoking will turn against the law and I think they might get a big strike in this country if it is really stopped. It would be a huge problem if they do that. But I don't think its going to happen in future.

Answer 6

They should not be sued for making them, they should be (and were) sued for lying about their harmfulness.

You have to remember that no one forced anyone to buy or smoke cigarettes. That was a personal choice, and the company cannot be held responsible for that.

Over 40,000 people die every year in America in car accidents. Should we sue the car companies?

Answer 7

Hey Funky Disco,

Good question, weird isn't it.

The tobacco industry has a lock on politicians and our economy. They are slowly changing the nature of their business, but mostly that involves developing overseas markets. Great, lets kill the world with lung cancer.

I quit smoking over 13 years ago - it is addictive! I still crave the nasty death sticks. Think about it, inhale on a burning ember to reduce the oxygen in your system. Weird.

Answer 8

Why do they do it? I'll tell you why! It is to drive me insane, that's why! So no matter where I walk there are disgusting butts laying all over the place whether it be a parking lot or the beach. Why do they do it? So that I can't even go out and enjoy a cocktail without having to choke on the godawful smoke and then I go home and stink to high heaven. Why do they do it? So I get the hee-bee gee-bee's every damn time I see a disgusting ashtray full of ashes and butts which are GROSS!
That's why they do it, to bug the LIVING SH*T out of me!

Answer 9

Smoking cigarettes is a personal choice. As long as there is tax revenue coming in from them, they will be made. I smoke outside and never around anybody else. Why should you care if I smoke? Of course you don't care. Maybe it is someone close to you. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs there is. Period. Quitting is easier said than done.

Answer 10

Smoking is an option, that's why no one is sued. It is more the fault of the smoker than the one who provided the cigarette. True that we should get rid of cigarette manufacturers but we just can't because its not like they're forcing ANYONE to smoke.