Would tobacco prohibition actually work?

[Kearsen]

@Lobohan

It would massively lower the amount of smokers. If tobacco were in the same realm as illegal pot, that means you’d have to smoke it like illegal pot. Potheads can wait until after work, at their house, for a smoke.

Someone who smokes tobacco is generally compelled to smoke ever two hours or so.

Smokers would move to one of the many various methods for getting the nicotine. Smokeless tobacco or vapor pens come to mind.

Neither of them affect anyone else. That has always been my stance on smoking and why the country as a whole has taken measures to prevent second hand smoke in a lot of places.

[DrDeth]

@Kearsen

Smokers would move to one of the many various methods for getting the nicotine. Smokeless tobacco or vapor pens come to mind.

Neither of them affect anyone else. That has always been my stance on smoking and why the country as a whole has taken measures to prevent second hand smoke in a lot of places.

Exactly. You can choose slow suicide if you like, but keep your family and others out of it.

[Siam_Sam]

@halman

Smoking may be declining in the U.S. and Europe, but it is skyrocketing in China and other parts of Asia. The demon tobacco companies are alive and well, killing more millions with their deceit and greed. And state taxes on tobacco are much higher than federal taxes.

I’ve heard it said in both China and Indonesia that your typical smoker uses only one match per day, because after the first smoke of the day, each subsequent cigarette is lit from the previous one.

[davida03801]

Has prohibition worked for anything ever ?

[CarnalK]

@davida03801

Has prohibition worked for anything ever ?

Asbestos.

[tooldtocare]

Being a non-smoker you may not have noticed but the warning label on cigarettes’ has changed.
It used to say, warning smoking can cause cancer use with caution. Now the label has changed and says smoking may be harmful to pregnant women. The rest of the warning has been removed.

[tooldtocare]

If you want a really good deal on cigarettes I used to buy them from Europe for 50 cents a pack but I had to buy a case of them. Now I have lost the contact info, so sad, too bad

[scabpicker]

@tooldtocare

Being a non-smoker you may not have noticed but the warning label on cigarettes’ has changed.
It used to say, warning smoking can cause cancer use with caution. Now the label has changed and says smoking may be harmful to pregnant women. The rest of the warning has been removed.

There’s at least two different warnings that are rotated out.

And no, drug prohibition usually makes the problem worse. I don’t see anything special about cigarettes that makes them immune from that trend.

[tooldtocare]

Would tobacco prohibition actually work?

No, it would not work, no more than the prohibition of marijuana which we know is growing exponentially. Besides the tax revenue helps keep our government running

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