Reply #45: who said anything about making tobacco illegal? [View All]

[ima_sinnic]

when pot is legalized, it will be taxed--in fact, that is one of the main arguments in favor of legalizing it--for states to raise revenues, and for money to quit bleeding out to drug cartels and costs of incarceration for a victimless "crime."

what "programs" are smokers paying for that do nothing for them? I guess people are just tired of the extra health care costs caused by smokers as well as the litter of cigarette butts (it was found that a giant proportion of street cleaners' trash amounted to cigarette butts--not to mention, walk anywhere and try NOT to find them--it seems that smokers also have the nasty habit of throwing their butts everywhere), fires started by careless smokers (again costing towns and cities for fire service, not to mention the lives that have been lost, of smokers, their relatives or people in their houses, and firefighters), and air pollution that hurts other people.

by the way, I smoked tobacco for more than 30 years and quit about 14 years ago. It was a crappy habit that was ruining my health and making me look idiotic. It took several tries over a few years before I could succeed, so don't think I'm completely unsympathetic. It's just one of those things you have to go through if you want to quit--if you don't want to quit, though, don't whine about others who are turned off by it and couldn't care less about your "pain and suffering."