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Originally Posted by StrongInTheArm
Smoking kills, right!?!
So why have cigarette companies been allowed to continue to trade?
The number of smokers in the developed world may be dropping but they are increasing in third world countries; among those least able to afford it at that. Why do you think that is?
Don't get me wrong I'm all for the right to choose and taking responsibility for one's self. But isn't allowing these companies to trade tantamount to endorsing murder. If Western governments want to set the right example why not ban these companies from manufacturing cigarettes?
Please someone get these stupid ideas out of my head!  |
Just look at how successful alcohol prohibition was from 1920 to 1933. Do you really expect that a tobacco prohibition would be any more successful? Organized crime made many millions of dollars on a product that was presumably "banned".