Tobacco vs. Driving

It's not a question of whether you 'could' be hurt using tobacco products - you will be harmed by them.

I was a pack a day for over 5 years, started out much the same as you and just graduated up - mostly to hang out with girls who smoked. It was ******* stupid and I'm happy that I quit, and while I would never tell you not to do it, I would say that the long-term effects and repercussions are very real, though I understand that's hard for you to see right now.

Cycloptichorn

Your analogy of driving and smoking doesn't hold up. Tobacco use has known health risks. There are risks to driving a car, true, but they are of an entirely different sort. What it is, it's a matter of being mature enough to make a sensible decision. Sale of alcohol is prohibited to minors, just like the sale of tobacco. The reason for this is that until you reach a certain age, become an adult, you're not likely to make very wise decisions regarding anything. That is also why you are not given a choice as to whether you're going to go to school or not. You go; that decision has been made for you along with a whole lot of other decisions.

I smokerd a good deal more than one pack a day for years and years. I gave it up about 10 mon ths ago. Wisest decision I ever made.

Great argument for raising the driving age. I'd definitely support that.

Tobacco's a killer.

Most western countries have enough taxes on smokes to pay for their entire health care budget. When smokers die, they do it relatively quickly and cheaply. For everyone who dies from "tobacco" cancer, there are many more who die from emphysema and circulatory disease. If all these people dont smoke and live to a ripe old age, the health budget will be a shambles. This is cold and cruel and is exactly why we pay politicians far more than their intelligence would suggest they are worth...to make these decisions for us.

alright i see ur point on the drinking thing, but my grandma has been smoking like a freight train for at least 40 years now and there absolutly nothing wrong with her the same for my dad, and my grandpa got cancer and he never smoked a day in his life

Those are quite lame arguments, bulldog, as they have no significance whatsoever from a statistical point of view.

My own grandfather, a big smoker himself, died peacefully in his bed at the age of 90.

Who knows how longer had he lived had he not been a smoker?

he had luck to live this long:) maybe 100 years but not more.