Should the U.S. go smoke-free?

Answer 1

Yes.

Answer 2

I am not a smoker , but maybe you need to be informed of the consequences of the US going smoke free. Many people would be unemployed by this action for one. Secondly, smokers pay a large amount of tax on tobacco products, not just sales tax. If you take 50 thousand smokers in NY ( and that is a off the wall figure, it is much higher than that) , who buy a pack of cigs a day and pay 1.20 a pack in tax, that adds up to a lot of money. So, if you want to get rid of smoking, be prepared to pay much higher taxes out of your pocket. I for one pay enough already.

Answer 3

I don't think that it could, so many people are
addicted to having a cig. that it's hard for them
to kick the habit & w/ out the cig. they get nasty
& earitible , perhaps if they offered FREE classes on how to quit smoking more people would try harder to stop .

EXAMPLE : my sister in law has smoked for
40 yrs. I told her about a laser treatment that she could have done to stop smoking, but even though she knows how BAD smoking is & she
saw her own Dad die of emphysema she will
NOT have the laser treatment done because she is afraid of the pain & the cost. Just how some
people are.

Answer 4

I believe that people are entitled to their own rights in what they want to do. If you take it away people will find a way to do it anyway, like with anything else. Smoking is a choice, I smoked for years and recently quit. Just because you personally choose not to do something that really does not give you the right to take away what someone else enjoys doing.

Answer 5

No. I can understand banning smoking in public indoor places, but that's where I draw the line. I'm tired of being treated like a second class citizen because I choose to smoke. I respect the rights of others and feel that I should also be respected. I won't smoke in your house, or your car or your business, but let me smoke in my house or my car or outside. I'm also tired of government trying to regulate our lives - don't smoke, don't eat transfat, wear your seatbelt, cars have to have airbags, don't ride your bike without a helmet, etc., etc. What happened to common sense and personal responsibility? Lets just stop telling each other what we can and can't do. Live and let live.

Answer 6

Depends on what you mean by smoke free, i think people should have the choice to smoke, hey they are paying lot of taxes... that means less for me to pay (Chicago Price 1 Pack:$7.00+) But I live in Florida and we have a Clean Air Act here which means that you cannot smoke in Public Buildings like Resuraunts. I think the whole USa should be like that, because personally i dont like sitting next to a chimmney when i'm trying to enjoy my Alice Springs Chicken. :)

Answer 7

Yes! I have been deployed in Ireland and you can't smoke out at the local pubs or even in your yard. You would get a ticket and a fine for doing so. I don't smoke. Never tried it. Never will!

Answer 8

No ..
People have been smoking for Hundreds of years..
The whole "BAN-Smokers" thing is a form of discrimination.
& Im totally against ANY kind of Discrimination.

I totally believe in Loving others & Being Equal.

Answer 9

I'm not a smoker, nor will I ever be, but I do think that all PUBLIC places in the U.S. should be smoke free. I feel it should still be allowed in private places though.

Answer 10

ya know i don't smoke but state by state we are becoming smoke free, people are becoming more and more utopian's so I would like to see more places non smoking yes

Answer 11

No way, we are our own people and should do what we see fit, every smoker knows the downfalls of it and if they decide to then that decision should be left up to them and not the government. We would have a lot of crazy withdrawn smokers if they made people quit... you don't want to see me cranky cause I haven' had a cigg lately.