# Gloves off! It's time to criminalize tobacco - SG of US says so!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 6, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019 "2003-06-06T05:22:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019/61 "2011-06-28T23:05:56Z")

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I should be just as easy to grow and process tobacco illegally as to do that with marijuana. That applies whether you’re talking about a field in a rural area, a few plants mixed in with other plants, or in an indoor “grow operation”.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019/62 "2011-06-29T01:06:14Z")

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> [@suranyi](#):
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> What do you think about banning zombies?

I think they should be taxed and regulated.

When am I going to realize that every time I think: How the hell did this thread get to 2 pages before I saw it… the answer is: _braaaaaaaains!!!_

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019/63 "2011-06-29T01:38:09Z")

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> [@tom Dengler](#):
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> Although I prefer a Mikadoesque solution since we don’t live in Singapore that is not possible.

_A wandering zombie I  
a thing of shreds and patches_

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gloves-off-its-time-to-criminalize-tobacco-sg-of-us-says-so/180019/64 "2011-06-29T09:01:25Z")

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Closing this because it’s eight years old. If anyone wants to start a new thread on this, they’re welcome to do so.

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