it is illegal to do drugs so it should be illegal to smoke i mean both hurt you
2007-12-05 07:51:06 · 12 answers · asked by chey m 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
That's not gonna happen for a long time. Tobacco is one of the things that help to build this country. There are also A LOT of jobs invested in the tobacco companies. Not just the suits. The many people who make the cigarettes, distribution, advertising, convenience clerks, etc.
You also have to consider the politics. Right now the best move for them is to make smoking people's personal choice, but show the ugly nature associated with smoking (i.e. bad breath, stinky clothes, poor health, bad lungs). Also, if they made smoking illegal, it would practically revitalize the Mob overnight. Not just with cigarette smokers, but with occasional and social Cigar smokers as well.
As much as health nuts hate to agree, making tobacco illegal would probably hurt us as a whole more then it would help us. You would have to deal with a very high increase of both unemployment, and crime. So ask yourself, would you rather deal with someone's secondhand smoke every once in a while, or increased homeless and a new Capone?
2007-12-05 08:04:43 · answer #1 · answered by Fitz 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to believe people still smoke when insurance companies, hospitals, health care workers, former smokers and those that live with them, and society in general all know for a fact that smoking shortens and lowers the quality of your life. Instead of making it illegal, it seems its just becoming unacceptable to smoke, both for health and social reasons.
2007-12-05 16:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by endpov 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Making any toxic substance illegal to imbibe in certainly won't prevent people from doing it. This became clearly evident in the 1920's when the sale of liquor was made illegal in U.S.A. for a while.
In the U.S.A. as a non-smoker I'm glad to see smokers sitting there like the lame tactless "ducks" they are; and seeing them pushed to the back of the bus where they belong couldn't make me happier.
2007-12-05 16:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I'm a non-smoker, it wouldn't affect me at all if it was illegal. Maybe only the rich should be allowed to smoke since they can take care of themselves?
2007-12-05 15:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed
2007-12-05 15:56:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
so does alcohol, and america tried prohibiting that a long time ago. things didnt work out. i think if they made smoking illegal history would just repeat itself.
2007-12-05 16:18:00 · answer #6 · answered by zwimmerz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Driving a car can hurt you....
There are many things that can hurt you, should they be illegal too...where does it end?
2007-12-05 16:02:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't be illegal to smoke, only to burn.
2007-12-05 15:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by BigRedRockEater 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think smoking whether it be tobacco or weed should be your right
2007-12-05 15:56:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No,that is your right.
2007-12-05 15:54:26 · answer #10 · answered by wllmwstfll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋