Ok if a company makes a drug and its messed up and makes people sick they take it off market and pull it off all shelves and just don't ever sell it or make it ever again right.Why in the sam h-ll are they allowed to still sell,make cigaretts?They say thats the leading cause in lung cancer.Death here and nobody will remove them from shelves.kids are getting these things that are more addictive than any drug in the world and they havent pulled them.Whats the difference between cigs and a drug that wont work?That they have to pull?
2007-03-20 03:42:59 · 3 answers · asked by toomuchpain 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
but 25 years ago doctors TOLD some people to smoke.It WAS prescribed for some conditions.Smoking relaxes a person.They had no Idea it was the cause of cancer and it was so addecting
2007-03-20 04:04:30 · update #1
they will be pulled one day , but for now they have been around for so long that they have to go threw a generation or two to get rid of them , plus the money they make off of them how will they ( the government) supplement that loss of income ,it's a lot of money, give it time it will happen, and I'm a smoker , sorry to say
2007-03-20 03:56:06 · answer #1 · answered by jim m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A drug is supposed to make you feel better and treat a condition, and the bad side effects were not foreseeable after the mandatory testing. A drug is prescribed by a physician who is trained to identify diseases and prescribe drugs to cure them.More or less, the patient is not given a choice if he/she takes the drug- they need to take it to maintain the quality of their life and have a relatively normal life.
On the other hand, the side effects of cigarettes are known. You know you can get addicted and get cancer. If you buy them, it is completely your choice. A stupid choice, but still your choice. The government should not protect you protect people against their own stupidity- a mature adult should be able to make a reasonable decision. That is why there is a minimum age requirement.
If you still decide to smoke and destroy your body, I don't see why somebody shouldn't be able to make profit out of your ignorance.
That is the difference between the medicines and tobacco- the choice
2007-03-20 11:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by jimbell 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is precisely why I stay OUT of the doctor's office unless absolutely necessary!! (Haven't been in 8 years except for a kidney infection and pink eye 2 weeks before my wedding!) It feels like whenever you go, you are just a guinea pig for all the "latest" drugs and studies. I don't understand many things about the medical profession - why any woman would choose to have a baby in the hospital... why people won't try alternative therapies - they just rely on medicine to patch up their problems. It's quackery. (Just my humble opinion!)
2007-03-20 11:34:40 · answer #3 · answered by Angie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋