SuperJail Warden
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SuperJail Warden wrote:

An outright ban on the sale and smoking of cigarettes might not be such a bad idea. Restricting legal access to something does make it more difficult for people to try it and use regularly. The majority of Americans have zero access to LSD or someone who can buy it for them. Can't go to a store and get it. Which is why only 9% of Americans have tried it over a lifetime compared to 18% of Americans who smoke regularly.

I know people will point to prohibition in 1920's as proof that making something illegal will not stop folks from using it but I think there is a difference between alcohol and cigarettes. Alcohol gives you an immediate and strong high and causes little body damage compared to cigarettes which really don't provide a high and will start to damage your body immediately. Only 0.4% of Americans smoked meth in the last year and that gives a very strong high but it is well vilified like tobacco.

However much a ban may upset people's idea of freedomâ„¢, getting the regular smoking percentage down from 18% to 10% or 5% will save millions of lives. That is millions of more parents to support their families and millions of more stable households and kids brought up in a good environment. I think we should do it.
bump. i want to hear some genuine ideas
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Jay
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SuperJail Warden
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You are just unhappy because your addiction would be taken away from you.


For a person who talks about personal responsibility and self determination, your addiction to nicotine is awfully strange.

Smoke up.
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unnamednewbie13
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I don't care where people smoke cigs as long as it's not near where other people have to inhale it.
KEN-JENNINGS
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SuperJail Warden wrote:

You are just unhappy because your addiction would be taken away from you.


For a person who talks about personal responsibility and self determination, your addiction to nicotine is awfully strange.

Smoke up.
he quit smoking.
SuperJail Warden
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Thanks for keeping me updated
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unnamednewbie13
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Neat tidbits:

US: Ban Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/16/us- … co-farming
SuperJail Warden
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Neat tidbits:

US: Ban Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/16/us- … co-farming
Ridiculous. The Free Market would have protected those children eventually.
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DrunkFace
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SuperJail Warden wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Neat tidbits:

US: Ban Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/16/us- … co-farming
Ridiculous. The Free Market would have protected those children eventually.
2 things wrong with this.
1. That's the wrong argument, correct one is, "Child Labour may be bad but would you prefer that these children were to starve to death because they have no income".
2. It's a 'free market,' they don't give a fuck about protecting worker rights or child labour. The free market has no regulations so products can be cheaper.
Cybargs
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unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Neat tidbits:

US: Ban Hazardous Child Labor in Tobacco Farming
https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/04/16/us- … co-farming
why not ban hazardous cocoa farming. yeh but fatties won't give up chocolate now will they.
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