Why is it against the law for a person to ride in a car without a seatbelt but legal for a person to smoke cigarettes?
2007-01-22 09:46:10 · 6 answers · asked by motz39baseball 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Why is it against the law for a person to ride in a car without a seatbelt but legal for a person to smoke cigarettes?
Obviously seat belts have saved lives... but wouldn't making smoking illegal also save lives?
2007-01-22 10:20:21 · update #1
Because the Tobacco is too useful to the government as a source of revenue (taxes) that's a real good question and by way (long way) of answering that let me say both of those things are choices and as such our right to choose is infringed on when legislation steps in. (Roe vs Wade ring any bells out there) not that I thing either of those are good ideas (nor was the interpretation in R v W by the supreme court) but we should be allowed to choose to ride w/o a seat belt or smoke because choice is our"God given right because it is our body we are talking about" just like an abortion right? Just remember you can thank the Democrats for that beautiful little double standard and vote Republican next time.
2007-01-22 09:59:33 · answer #1 · answered by crawler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you know that Big Tobacco is on both sides of the issue? They own the hotels the restaurants that they are on both sides of the issue with on Smoking.....It;s a matter of personal choice and property rights that you would love to erode!
Seatbelts have saved lives. If it had not been for seatbelts, I may not have been here to write this today!
2007-01-22 10:05:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because seatbelts save lives
and smoking is still a personal choice since Tobacco has yet to be made illegal.
Straw man argument.
2007-01-22 09:57:45 · answer #3 · answered by arus.geo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're both dumb laws. The government shouldn't interfere with petty matters such as that, they should be protecting our borders from illegals.
2007-01-22 09:51:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
both should be legal. either one is the persons choice.
2007-01-22 09:51:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some places both are illegal and neither should be.
2007-01-22 09:51:14 · answer #6 · answered by b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋