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Old 09-26-2003, 12:05 AM   #33 (permalink)
giblfiz
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Location: LA
Quote:
Originally posted by djp
What about the kids right to a clean breathing area ... that is until they decide to smoke for themselves.
Why is it That the tyrannous majority always invokes the protection of children in order to trample on people? It's cliche, but that doesn't seem to bother anyone

Oh, and for those who are discussing a total ban on cigs I would like to point out it would be both complicated and ugly. At this point there is enough stigma around smoking that virtually everyone who smokes has tried to stop at one point or another. Assume that if tobacco were illegalized it would give 3/4 of them that extra push they needed to quit. That leaves you with a instantly formed huge black market in cigarettes. (and I mean HUGE). If there is anything that the war on drugs has driven home, its that black markets cause crime, and not just sale of illegal goods, but violent crime. You notice that at the moment there are no turf wars over cigarette sales (well, they are, but they are fought on billboards and very few people end up getting shot)

Imagine how it feels to be a smoker now, People look at you like you have the plague. Now they are trying to drive a wedge between smokers and there children? "Remember kiddies, if your mom or dad smokes around you, you should be a good citizen and report them directly to the police."
(all right, so that last part is a bit overkill)

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Originally posted by Vilkata
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