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In reply to the discussion: Wouldn't banning smoking save more lifes than banning guns? [View all]former9thward
(31,970 posts)127. Smoking is not banned because government is addicted to it.
It is addicted to the taxes it receives. They would never ban it.
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As an ex smoker I'd applaud banning all tobacco products. Same with semi auto guns
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#61
I am not in favor of banning people's addictive choices. None of my business.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#65
I don't realistically think a ban on either would be effective, particularly
flamin lib
Jan 2013
#75
Im pretty DAMN sure ( some of the ) smokers subject their family to second hand smoking
darkangel218
Jan 2013
#84
We have focused on it and that is why smoking is banned from many public areas now
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#33
You can carry guns in public buildings but you can't smoke in public buildings
Bjorn Against
Jan 2013
#37
you're only making the argument because you don't want ANY additional regulation of guns
CreekDog
Jan 2013
#54
Let's ban both and really save lives! Sounds like the best plan according to your criteria
Lex
Jan 2013
#14
My state has banned smoking in all public places including private businesses. I'm living
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#25
Ban my cigarettes and I'll go after something YOU like - alcohol, soda, french fries, pizza...
Tx4obama
Jan 2013
#42
Fuck banning guns, BAN SMOKING!!!!! ok, that will stop the murder of innocents
rustydog
Jan 2013
#26
Cars Are Not 'Needed' Per Se... And Yet... Cars Are Far More Regulated Than Guns...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#38
Beats me. Let's ask the 1st graders who were shot. Oh wait, we can't,they're all dead.
MichiganVote
Jan 2013
#28
Cigarettes have recently become regulated by the Food and Drug Administration...
VanillaRhapsody
Jan 2013
#31
More innocent people die from smoking than guns. Thousands. You don't care I guess.
Logical
Jan 2013
#43
Sure I do - I am all for heavy restrictions and taxes on smoking. Same with you and guns, right?
jmg257
Jan 2013
#45
In California the restaurant and bar owners moaned and groaned over the fact they would be forced
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#59
Of course the legal, RESPONSIBLE gun owners never wrongly shoot anyone -- BY DEFINITION.
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#94
You are right, bans will have little effect, but banning AND confiscating will.
jmg257
Jan 2013
#112
Just when I thought I had heard the dumbest fucking gun extremist argument, you deliver this.
morningfog
Jan 2013
#80
Cigarettes only do one thing... poison/kill their users and those around them. n/t
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#92
What gives ANYONE the Right to tell others what they can and cannot do with their body?
stultusporcos
Jan 2013
#100