Would a national petition?

Question

Would a national petition requiring lawmakers to enact legislation to ban the sale of tobacco products ever work if signed by a majority? and would you sign it?

wouldn't it slow the addition of new smokers? eventually causing it to fall out of practice? Unlike alcohol tobacco would be hard to produce in volume illegally.

If the majority vote it out the lawmakers have no choice but to back their constituency.And that doesn't mean you will get the support to remove other vices.

Answer 1

i would not sign it but that is because i'm a smoker. this country was built on freedom. the more laws we create as a whole, the less freedoms there are for all of us as a whole. banning smoking or drinking or any other choice habit is infringing on my rights and the rights of others to destroy our personal lives as we see fit. pot is illegal but it hasnt stopped those who want it. my smoking is not effecting anyones health but my own. i dont smoke in buildings, not even my own home. should we ban super burritoes with 3000 milligrams of sodium in them? i know they are bad for your health just as much as you know it but i'm not taking away your right to eat them if you see fit to do so. i'm not taking away your right to sit in your home and drink to your hearts content. that has no effect on my life what so ever. however, once you get behind the wheel of a car it does have an effect on my life, thats why there is a law for it. when you start up your car to go to work, the exhaust from it has more effect on your health that i will ever have by smoking in my own yard, my own vehicle, or any public place that allows smoking. if you choose to go into a building that allows smoking that makes it your choice to do so. you cannot blame that on the smokers. since there are a lot of cars on the roads every day spewing out hazardous materials should we ban all cars? this would be a healthier world if we put out a petition to ban cars. the big question would be "where do we stop"? do we ban stupidity and kill all stupid people because they are a danger to those of us with a brain? do we ban obesity? you cannot choose 1 cause and go after it with a vengence without effecting other aspects of life. there will always be something that someone dislikes about someone elses habits. this world cant please everyone, you must allow people to make their own decisions to live life their way. God gave us all free will. i choose to use my free will to smoke. what do you use yours for? *smile*

Answer 2

No it wouldn't work. It still has to be made into a bill then voted on in the House and Senate then signed by the president. Our country has been made rich off of tobacco. I'm not for tobacco but I'm not against it entirely either. If we limit tobacco, then we have to limit alcohol and sex clubs and McDonald's and everything else that people think are evil. Remember, our government tried to stop alcohol use in the 1920's. It didn't work. You know why? Because our country has been trading and drinking since it's foundations. You can't give someone a freedom then expect them not to fight for it when you try to take it away. I quit smoking 5 months ago. I wish I never had started. If there was a way to make it illegal and impossible to get I would be all for it, but people would actually kill each other for them. Black markets, it would be like illegal drugs now. Smoking is part of our culture. You can't exterminate it. All we can do is teach our children. That's what I'm doing.

Answer 3

It might work, lawmakers are pretty spineless.

No, I would oppose it. Outlawing it altogether would not eradicate it, but create a black market and would make marijuana sales and crime look miniscule in comparison. It would resemble the disaster that alcohol prohibition was.