Please read the post below before reading this one.
I just wanted to add some more thoughts.
Some may argue that the choice to smoke or not to smoke is up to each person to decide on their own. By forcing the smokers outside, the choice to pollute ones lungs has been made for them by the government (not to mention the choice to smoke should be seen as the choice to end ones life as mentioned in part one below). It is time for us to take the power back, Rage Against the Machine styles, and force the government to do away with the real cigarettes as they did with the Popeye cigarettes. The amount of money lost from the tobacco tax and the people working in the tobacco industry will be offset by the decrease in the amount spent on health care. The increased cost of health care in Ontario is after all, one of the reasons for continually increasing the tobacco tax is it not???
Others may argue that drinking is just as dangerous as smoking and should be banned. Whether drinking should also be banned is not the point of this post but I can say it is not the same as smoking. The single act of drinking harms no one but the drinker and depending on the study one reads a moderate amount of alcohol has certain health benefits. The same cannot be said about tobacco or smoking. Smoking has no health benefits and one cigarette can affect anyone in a close proximity to the smoker.
I am sure there will be many more points of view on this subject as it is always a hot topic. I am only one man with a slightly different perspective than many people as is evidenced almost daily (maybe one day I will blog about that issue) so I am not saying my views here are correct. I just had some thoughts I wanted to share and maybe one day someone will be able to rid this world of such pollutants. I did not even mention the addictive nature of cigarettes (and for those that continue to debate habit vs. addiction, I can tell you it is both). To eliminate smokers we must eliminate the source. One cannot smoke cigarettes if one cannot obtain cigarettes.
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Smoking is something that will never go away simply because it's a cheap addiction as compared to drugs and such that the government can endorse while publicly telling us how unhealthy it is for us.
With their coffers being stuffed on a daily basis from the sale taxes who would ban cigarettes? Don't forget, the world is run by businessmen and they never turn down money for someone else's wellbeing. Who cares?
As long as they keep dealing, the smokers will want. As long as the smokers want, the government will willingly keept a ready supply.
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