I do not believe tobacco should be legal. Tobacco is a drug just like weed or crack, yet it is the only one that is legal. Of the more common drugs, tobacco is widely distributed, yet causes just as much, if not more harm than most drugs do, not to mention the addiction to niccotine.
For personal health, tobacco is very harmful to your body because of niccotine and tar buildup in your lungs, as well as other additives that are harmful, such as lead and ingredients from rat poison. These and other carcinogens can lead to cancer, as well as smoker's cough, and other physical changes.
Smoking also damages social health, because of physical changes to your appearance, including yellowing of the teeth and bad breath. Other consequences are caused by secondhand smoke, which can also cause harm to people who are around you.
Smoking also ruins your financial future, because you spend money that could be used for other things on tobacco, which costs about $5 a pack. This money goes to tobacco companies who use it to advertise to other people, so that THEY can get hooked too. This endless spiral soon means people dont have enough money to buy things they need, because they are too busy supplying for their addiction.
Smoking is controlled by the government, but not enough, in my opinion. I believe the government should ban all tobacco products, and invest the profits that the tobacco companies would then give up to fund programs to help addicts through withdrawl. With a program like this, no one's life would be ruined because of a lost love one or because of an addiction they have.
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