Should cigarettes be banned?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by acronym, Feb 11, 2008.

Should cigarettes be banned?

  1. Totally, we are enlightened and health conscious, ban them

    26 vote(s)
    50.0%
  2. It impinges on freedom of choice, despite smokers being addicted and have no choice

    15 vote(s)
    28.8%
  3. i believe phillip morris, i like my ciggies, no probs

    4 vote(s)
    7.7%
  4. Stop taxing addicted users, ban profiteering from this drug, gov or corporate, help people quit via

    7 vote(s)
    13.5%
  1. thunderlessdoggie wants to ban junk food advertising but he can't define 'junk food'. he;s anot only an idiot but a disingenuous idiot at that :D

    i am beginning to think that T-dog IS Z! it makes sense doesn't it :eek:
     
    #121     Feb 14, 2008
  2. You want to ban abortion the second sperm hits an egg but you can't define life....The supreme court can't define Porn but they know it when they see it...I can;t define JUnk Food but i also know that juv. diabietes and obesity have become epidemics in this country...and al you have to do is go down any street in the US and all you see is MC.Don, Wendy, BK, Pizza, ect....

    walk down a street in Europe and you hardly see any and they are very thin....and they also all smoke!
     
    #122     Feb 14, 2008
  3. ElCubano

    ElCubano

    Id say pretty much everything that is not eaten raw...is junk food...:D
     
    #123     Feb 14, 2008
  4. ya, so?? so? so? so? so so and so? what's your points?
     
    #124     Feb 14, 2008
  5. I hope you are not addressing this post to me (except for the Happy Velentine's Day part) since I wrote this earlier in the thread:
    As you will note, I did not suggest banning the product, be it tobacco or junk food, only the predatory advertising to young impressionable minds. Parents have a hard enough time dealing with their kids' peer pressure without putting the multi-billion dollar might of irresponsible advertisers on their backs as well.

    Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day to you as well, and to your friend Bambie, who I understand will be at surfer's fest.
     
    #125     Feb 14, 2008

  6. Yep...You are an idiot..
     
    #126     Feb 14, 2008
  7. Bootsie

    Bootsie


    No one smokes anymore... at least not anyone important !!
     
    #127     Feb 14, 2008
  8. Well, this is probably true-important people can just pop into a health spa or something, while joe six-pack pays through the nose for the privelege of having "free choice" regarding highly addictive legal drugs.
     
    #128     Feb 14, 2008
  9. sounds like a PageSix slogan.
     
    #129     Feb 14, 2008
  10. Bootsie

    Bootsie

    Actually - I should give credit where credit is due....

    A couple of years ago I bought a new Cadiallac CTS-V (don't ask why). My neighbour came by to test it out. As he was messing around with the interior he noticed a sliding drawer - turns out it was an ashtry. I should say it was quite obviously hidden too. Anyway, as soon as he discoverd its intended use he came up with the above quote. I thought is funny yet actually a bit prophetic too.

    B
     
    #130     Feb 14, 2008