Al on Apr 10, 2008 10:27 am

Smoking is frowned apon because all the rep is has gotten from lung cancer. Lung cancer is increased by smoking but IT IS NOT CAUSED BY SMOKING. Alot of people die a year from smoking, but was it directly from smoking or were these people just smokers. They put numbers together, but i havent seen one ounce of evidence. All those anti smoking commerical's say hundred of thousands of people die from smoking, but they have yet to say how the died or when they died. I can say millions of people die a year from car useage. That is a fact because cars effect everyone's health in a negative way. So techinally people do die from cars not directly, but they die from cars because they effect people and they do effect people's life.

biily t on Nov 14, 2007 9:46 pm

I think that people over look how free america really is. Your rights as a citizen may allow you to smoke or drink, or any other bad habit, as long as they do not in any way shape or form, infringe on the rights of another person. Where do these measures stop? It's a tough line to drawl. You could go so far as to say that your neighbor needs to comb his hair more often because it effects your over all well being to see how terrible his hair looks. Companys that polute should have to be accounted for their polution. So should people who waste resources. This is our only planet. It is our responsibility to take care of. Tobacco smoke should not be imposed upon a child by his/her parents. I think that if a person truely cared about their child, they would realize the dangers second hand smoke does, and that having a parent that smokes increases the childs risk for smoking. The same goes for any substance, not just tobacco. Yes, industry causes health issues as well. Maybe, just maybe, your job as a parent is to give your child the best possible start in life that you can using the means you have. If that means sending your child to better schools, we do it. If it means moving away from industries that cause enviornmental problems (because there has been many law suites involving these issues), then it should be done if one can afford it. If it means helping your child learn better morals and striving to go farther in life, we tend to do so. We even go so far as to monitor our childrens telivision shows, their friends, and the activities they chose to participate in. That's the job of a parent. Not to be overbearing and a control freak, but to do what is possible to have the best start that way your child can make the best choices. If they chose to smoke or something like that when they turn 18, ok, that is their choice. But as a parent, you shouldn't encourage such things. Being a parent is tough, it requires a lot of responsibility, and if you don't think cutting down on bad habits is essential, then maybe you aren't fit to be a parent just yet. IF YOU DON'T HAVE KIDS, then it's not an issue. The less responsibility you have to society and those who surround you, the less you must pay attentions to your actions.

jb on Jul 12, 2007 6:44 pm

I understand that it makes people who smoke very angry to have the gov't cut out smoking in public places and around their children. However, it makes sense to me. If someone smokes aroung their child they need some serious education. You increase you child's risk of getting serious respiratory infections if smoke around them. Smoking not only cost the person who is smoking money, but it also costs the government millions of dollars--because these people get sick a lot more than people who do not smoke. You also need to realized that there are children in the U.S. (maybe 16 years of age) who are buying cigarettes and getting hooked on them for the rest of their life. I think cigarettes should be banned all together. We know they cause cancer and therefore i don't want you smoking around me in a public place or increasing your innocent child's risk of cancer either.