pacman Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Long time since I've posted geeze... I'm doing an argument paper on banning tobacco. I would like to hear some viewpoints on whether or not criminalizing could happen. I don't believe that it can anytime soon. I smoked for 3 or so years (14-18), quit for 3 and some years, and started again a month ago. Having grown since 18 I've noticed a lot of new things about addiction. It is apalling to me how addictive tobacco is. I know there is a choice of whether or not to smoke. I am in the process of quitting (by this I mean knowing that I can quit now, but smoking anyway...dumb haha) Anyways , throw out some ideas. My stance for the paper is pro-criminalization (even though I know it will not happen) Ethics, business, usa being around today because of tobacco...whatever other thoughts you've got thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 why would someone criminalize tobacco? you know you could get addicted to it so you took your chance. i smoke becasue i am bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymity1 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Yeah, there is enough shit around telling everyone how big of a dick tobacco sucks. I'm smart enough not to smoke that crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Me smoking cigarettes is the only thing that is keeping a lot of people alive right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Originally posted by mr.yuck Me smoking cigarettes is the only thing that is keeping a lot of people alive right now. Originally posted by mr.yuck Me smoking cigarettes is the only thing that is keeping a lot of people alive right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 <span style='color:black'>On an almost related topic: Should Mr.yuck go hang out with girls at the bar tonight where he can smoke cigarettes or should he fuck off on 12oz and say "fuck these hoes!" Voice your opinions</span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest im not witty Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 write your own paper junior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikro137 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 bottom line , tobacco is healthier in the long run. Oi oi Oi pussies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest krie Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 quit jiveeeeeeeeeeeen me turkey you got to sass it a turkey is a bad person Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Without reading one post, I'm gonna answer all questions with: Yes, it's fuckin bad for you...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 ban high-fat foods while you're at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ment2 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 theres no way.. way way way too many people smoke, its such a huge industry. theres just no way. wether or not it should be.. is a different argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaBar2 Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Tobacco is Bad But it should not be banned. It kills 440,000 Americans every year, but it should not be banned. It causes heart disease, cancer, emphysema, COPD, Reynaud's disease and a host of other bad shit, but it should not be banned. Why not? Because if it was banned it would have the same idiotic fascination for teenagers that everything else that is banned seems to have, and instead of costing $2.75 a pack, the shit would cost $27.50 (or more) and people would be shooting each other off of street corners to get it. Let everybody smoke whatever they want, and if they get cancer, I guess they just fucking die sick and alone, gasping into an oxygen mask. Don't smoke. It's stupid and it's dangerous. And it ruins your lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space base Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Since I turned 18 I've been smoking a lot of cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBLUE Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 FOR THOSE WHO DONT READ MUCH , TRY WATCHING ONE OF THOSE T.R.U.T.H. COMMERCIALS. THOSE WILL MAKE YOU CRUSH A LIT CIGARETTE IN YOUR HAND AFTER SEING HOW THEY DEPICT THE ILL-EFFECTS OF SMOKING BOGIES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Ban tobacco! Because its a really fucking wonderful idea to prohibit drugs. It takes them out of the hands of ruthless, gun-toting, tobacco companies and puts them in the hands of the friendly, law-respecting street dealers where they belong. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClueTwo Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 Originally posted by ClueTwo Without reading one post, I'm gonna answer all questions with: Yes, it's fuckin bad for you...... Now that I've acutally grown some hair on my balls to read this... It's the same as trying to ban alcohol, not gonna happen...again... It would turn into the one of the worst smuggling since cocaine in the 70's...Imagine how many people would be smuggling from Grandmothers to Teenagers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 I think tobacco won't be banned for one simple reason (no...not illegal smuggling)...taxes. they generate quite a bit of money. Mass., New York and New Jersey cigarettes are taxed $1.50 or over per pack. check out your state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicidebombr Posted October 3, 2003 Share Posted October 3, 2003 smoking is good. actually it doesn't matter whether it's good or bad, or whether it kills a lot of people and marijuana doesn't. weed will more than likely always be in some way illegal, and ciggs will always be in some way legal. fuck the government.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Grett are great! Bit costly tho for the unemployed student dem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deph Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 The more you smoke the better it gets. But everyone should rock a grandaddy pipe with tobacco bought from a tobaconist to look top class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_Tesseract Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 Re: Tobacco is Bad Originally posted by KaBar2 But it should not be banned. It kills 440,000 Americans every year, but it should not be banned. It causes heart disease, cancer, emphysema, COPD, Reynaud's disease and a host of other bad shit, but it should not be banned. Why not? Because if it was banned it would have the same idiotic fascination for teenagers that everything else that is banned seems to have, and instead of costing $2.75 a pack, the shit would cost $27.50 (or more) and people would be shooting each other off of street corners to get it. Let everybody smoke whatever they want, and if they get cancer, I guess they just fucking die sick and alone, gasping into an oxygen mask. Don't smoke. It's stupid and it's dangerous. And it ruins your lungs. Agreed, the sequence of that thought is the decriminalization of drugs. Banning always makes things cooler, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacman Posted October 5, 2003 Author Share Posted October 5, 2003 I'm not looking for help writing my paper...so buzzoff about that I wanted some different viewpoints on the subject (from people outside of my normal talking withs) I've come to a conclusion that the paper is going to be worthless I'm not saying that people don't have the choice to smoke. I am just tired of people using it as a crutch of sorts. I enjoy smoking and am yet to figure out why... Addiction is fun to look at from within. I like fresh starts, and what a better one that quitting smoking hahaha I like the 27.50 street dealer thoughts " Mr. yuck should go push cigarettes onto bar hoes and say, "I love watching you die." This is why I dislike writing classes (argument papers) Most arguments are obvious and drab, maybe pointless. Things go on and cycles happen. We can mainly only change things on a very small scale...and hope that some of it catches on. Universal unconscience will do the rest If anyone ever ask if you smoke after sex.....say, "I don't know, I've never really checked. population control is major tobacco yeehaw how can we thank them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyuzo Posted October 5, 2003 Share Posted October 5, 2003 u fuckin morons, tobacco companies handout so much money to politicians that it'll never be banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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