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In reply to the discussion: Wouldn't banning smoking save more lifes than banning guns? [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If you're talking about in the past, those were the old days.
And no...people don't HAVE to work in bars, unless they're bartenders.
Never been to a casino, so I don't know about those. I think the closest ones to me are in Louisiana, and smoking isn't allowed indoors. I think pretty much smoking is banned indoors in all public places.
Ciggies aren't banned for the same reason sugar isn't banned. Or booze isn't banned (anymore). People enjoy it, like it, want to use it, and if they do, only they suffer the consequences physically. It's a choice. We are free to become addicted to some things.
Who wants to live in a world where everything that is bad for your body is banned? I take the position that it's none of my business if someone wants to drink or smoke or eat sugar, or all of those things.
Note: I am not a smoker.
BTW: Many people smoke and do not suffer serious consequences from it. It shortens their lives a bit, but no more than being fat. As far as I know, sugar is equally harmful. But I like sugar, although I try to control my consumption of it. But addictive substances are that way...a little bit makes you want more.