I started smoking at the tender age of 15 because I thought it was tough, mean & cool. It screwed my health, cost a fortune and was a total and utter nightmare to give up. Giving up smoking remains the most difficult thing I have ever done in my life.
Q: Why are cigars not addictive and cigarettes are addictive?
A: Because of the additives put into cigarettes to make them addictive.
We are talking about a product specially designed to be addictive, so that you cannot give it up and are forced, against your will to continue smoking. Only the toughest minds are able to give up smoking.
Now we know for a fact that smoking causes cancer and numerous other health problems for those smoking and for passive smoking.
That does not mean we should not have the freedom to get sick by whatever means we wish.
I didn’t choose to get sick by smoking , I choice to be tough, mean & cool. I never wanted to be sick. By the time I realised it was harming me I was already addicted. At the tender age of 15 I would not have been able to grown my own, nor smuggle my own, nor steal my own.
What about drugs? Cannabis, escatsy, heroin, speed, crack? If these are illegal surely smoking should be banned too. The ONLY reason it is not is because companies and the government make lots of money.
At least if it is illegal, you know for sure that you are doing something wrong.
Governments are supposed to protect the people. Allowing smoking to continue is irresponsible & negligent.
I do agree that if the government banned it, people would grow there own and that in turn would cause other problems………… but ……… if it was banned then maybe the next generation of kids would not be suckered in, like I was, into such an addictive, expensive, pointless & unhealthy vice.
