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The employer might be corrupt, the employer might know how dangerous they are, but why would the average production worker be corrupt or know the dangers? The worker needs money to survive, why should he be punished by having his livelihood taken away?

By affect the employees I mean their job chances.

We should just outlaw abunch of things including cigarrettes and then watch at how many people get arrested because they are that obsessed with them.

@Drognar-
1) Without more revenue coming in, the companies can't give their employees severance packages.
2) There is already very high-unemployment, it'll be very hard for people to find new jobs.
3) It'll flood the job market of a specific area, making it next to impossible to find a job; there are many small towns that have one factory that employs 90% of the people, without it, where would all those people work.
4) With all the extra possible new workers available willing to work for peanuts to put food on the table it will cause a pay-cut in many people's jobs not involved in cigarettes, effectively penalizing everyone.

@Star- People don't like paternalistic laws, thats very cruel to punish people over nothing.

It wasn't a seriouls thing. It was a idea that I wish was alowed. But really cigarettes are not bad unless you have ALOT of them for a LONG time.

I think that if you smoke them and you exercise alot that you won't be such a contestant for cancer.

I dunno bout the US but here in the UK it is illegal to smoke in pubs and bars or any public places indoors now. I think it is a step in the right direction for us tho. My gf used to smoke heavily but now she has given up for that and other reasos so maybye a smoking ban in certain places could be good in the US? It does however sem strange that governments ban things like weed but not tobacco. After all smoking kills way more people per year than many other 'harmful' drugs. It seems a little hypocritical.

@Starscreamer cigarrettes are pretty bad for you even if u smoke for a short amount of time. For example it raises blood pressure and increases the chance of heart disease it also lessens peoples physial fitness. And your second point isnt true. Lung cancer doesnt care if you excercise a lot. By that logic only inactive lazy smokers get lung cancer. That isnt the case. Thee aremany people wo gt lung cancer who have never smoked in their entire life. So that disproves your theory. It doesnt depend on fitness levels if you get cancer but i guess you need a medical expert to confirm this. I think Strop is in the medical field, perhaps he could help?

I think it should be banned because it is killing so many people and it hurts other people to (second-hand smoke) However, since the government makes billions of dollars from cigarettes this is likely to never happen.

If people want to slowly damage their body fine. Only thing I hate about smoking is the smell when your next to someone smoking.

I think it should be banned because it is killing so many people and it hurts other people to (second-hand smoke) However, since the government makes billions of dollars from cigarettes this is likely to never happen.

I do know that many states in the U.S. have banned smoking in restaurants. It is a start.

In the UK smoking is banned in all public buildings.
Which i think is great...except now walking past a bar or a restaurant or something means walking through a crowd of smokers and a giant smoke cloud.
I think a better solution would have been to have completely seperate smoking areas indoors (like a seperate room in a bar)

smoking is disgusting, but as long as you stay clear from smokers you wont get second hand smoke. if they want to kill them selves it has nothing to do with me. they know the risks but still smoke. it should not be banned. if we ban cigarettes, then we have to ban alcohol, guns, and knives. next thing you know we will be cutting tomatoes with our teeth.

I don't like smoking, I think it is disgusting. But if someone wants to slowly kill their body through tobacco, that is not my business. As long as they don't do it around me.

smoking is disgusting, but as long as you stay clear from smokers you wont get second hand smoke

I personally hate it to see little kids have to deal with their parents' smoking all the time. My father's parents smoked their whole lives, and his fahter died from the effects of it. Luckily, his mother rescently quit. I also can't stand it when you walk out of a restaraunt or store and people are smoking RIGHT where you have to walk through. Smoking causes serious health risks, and the only way to not be effected by those risks, are to not smoke. If people wanna smoke and endanger their health, it's up to them, but PLEASE do not expose others to it.

i think smoking should be banned because thousands of people die from it every day