Should the government prohibit the producation, and sale of tobbacco products? The government attempted to accomplish this with alcholo during prohibition. What was the result?
2006-11-27 09:51:47 · 7 answers · asked by AmB19 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
That will never happen. Do you know how many people make money out of it?
2006-11-27 09:56:59 · answer #1 · answered by elgil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prohibition did not work for alcohol and would not work for tobacco, either. It would only create a new market for illegal drug dealers.
The government can and should do everything possible to discourage tobacco use. High taxes on sales and for manufacturers can help with that, as can mandatory labelling and education finding.
The government should immediately stop the federal subsidy to grow tobacco. Growers should be notified that the subsidies will be phased out over the next five years, decreasing 20% each year and reaching 0% Incentives would be paid to those who completely switched to alternative crops sooner.
Part of the profits tax on tobacco should be earmarked for smoking prevention and cessation programs.
The federal government should also issue universal restrictions on where tobacco may be used to protect non-smokers from second hand smoke at work and elsewhere. Also, any ceilings on liability lawsuits should be abolished for tobacco-related lawsuits. And giving or selling tobacco to minors should be a felony.
I'd even consider prohibiting commercial production of tobacco and letting tobacco users grow their own if they have to have it, except that you'd get bootleggers even then.
2006-11-27 18:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If tobbacco was banned in the US, it would be smuggled from other countries and would become so valuable you'd have gang members killing each other over it.
Prohibition didn't work with alchohol, it's not working with marijuana, cocaine and heroin, and it wouldn't work with tobbacco. Prohibition causes (literal) weeds to be worth more than gold.
Educating people about the harms of tobbacco is much more effective than prohibiting it.
2006-11-27 17:58:18 · answer #3 · answered by t t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I think that since five out of thirty people are ADHD and they medicate themselves with cigarettes that if they take that away from them we will have an abundance of wild nasty people on our hands.
2006-11-27 17:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, instead of prohibiting tobacco they should legalize marijuana.
2006-11-27 17:53:53 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everyone will go crazy
2006-11-27 17:53:16 · answer #6 · answered by bigxb175 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really dont know
2006-11-27 17:59:25 · answer #7 · answered by kimonidvs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋