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Permalink Reply by Becca on January 31, 2012 at 12:39am

I would continue to not smoke but I would oppose making tobacco illegal. About the only good thing that would come of banning tobacco would be that I don't have to smell it/gag on it anymore when I'm out and about. I'm all for people's right to choose to partake in cigarets but I certainly don't appreciate the second hand smoke.

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Permalink Reply by sway austin on January 31, 2012 at 1:03am

Most smokers would still smoke. Pot is illegal (in most places) and there is absolutely no shortage of people doing that.

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Permalink Reply by sway austin on January 31, 2012 at 1:22am

Also, I don't think any drug should be illegal. Regulated  (like nicotine and alcohol, sure) but not illegal. I don't think it's the governments place to help people with their addictions, either. People do drugs, drugs don't do people....a lesson some have to learn the hard way.

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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on January 31, 2012 at 3:29am

But the inverse question would be, "If marijuana were legal, would even more people smoke it?"

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Permalink Reply by sway austin on January 31, 2012 at 4:47am

Certainly. A considerably higher amount than already do? Doubtful. It's too accessible.

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Permalink Reply by Barry Eckert on January 31, 2012 at 9:59pm

I already have the beginnings of COPD, have tried to quit smoking several times (cold turkey, nicotine replacement, Zyban, blah blah) and still smoke. I can't really afford manufactured cigarettes anymore, so I use cigarette tubes with a tabletop machine to pack them.

The craving for tobacco is incredible. My mother has been off cigarettes nearly 10 years, and she says that sometimes she feels like she could just eat a pack of cigarettes. Tobacco has a higher recidivism rate than opiates as well, from what I've read.

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