Reply #48: Why not require them to be subject to standard safety laws?

[TheWraith]

You can't legally produce food or drink that gradually kills anyone who uses it, as well as people around them. You can't get away with it if you're building cars, or computers, or anything else either. So why not make it a legal requirement that any cigarettes or tobacco products sold in the US be certified to have no health risks?

As an aside, a few words about this poll. For one thing, I seriously doubt that that many people actually want to see a law banning cigarettes. However, the fact that they're willing to consider it is in large part due to the fact that many smokers are noxious about their habit. For every smoker who's polite and clean, and doesn't make others inhale their smoke, there's at least two who don't give a shit, and seem to enjoy choking out others and polluting the air around them. Worst of all the people who get obnoxious when asked to stop, and act like they're the ones who are being put upon because they can't practice their habit in bars or restaurants anymore.