Smoking as a Public Health Issue

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  • Armadegon
    FFR Player
    • Jan 2007
    • 43

    #1

    Smoking as a Public Health Issue

    Smoking is a constant anoyance, from the dangers of second hand smoke to very real chalenges of avoiding falling off the cliff and onto the slippery slope of nicotine usage. There are several things I can think of that could reduce smoking without completely banning it. Feel free to post your feelings on any of them or on the issue of tabbaco usage in genral.

    1. Ban or limit adveretising of tobacco products. This would reduce the ways that tobbaco buisnesses could tempt young people into smoking. A deffinite option and one that would have minimal impact on any industry other than tobbaco.
    2. A special tax on tobbaco products. Driving up the cost would help fund our government and provide another incentive to stay off of tabaco. Kill two birds with one stone.
    3.Ban smoking in certain areas like cars and subway stations. No real affect on industry or smokers but would reduce the amount of second hand smoke.
    4.Do nothing. This would... Do nothing. Suprise.

    Voila. Please feel free to coment or state another way that smoking could be reduced.
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  • ToshX
    FFR Player
    • Feb 2004
    • 5111

    #2
    Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

    Smoking is banned in many public places, and they already have special taxes on tobacco products, I think. I'm not certain, though, as I've never smoked and never will. It's already hard enough to breathe behind a smoker, and it smells terrible, so there's no way I'd start.

    Also, limiting advertising might come across as unconstitutional to some people. You have to remember, this is America. People, well, they like to get what they want.
    Last edited by ToshX; 02-10-2007, 09:23 PM.

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    • Kilroy_x
      Little Chief Hare
      • Mar 2005
      • 783

      #3
      Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

      3 is good, the others are unacceptable.

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      • ToshX
        FFR Player
        • Feb 2004
        • 5111

        #4
        Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

        Are you both certain that 2 isn't already happening?

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        • Kilroy_x
          Little Chief Hare
          • Mar 2005
          • 783

          #5
          Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

          Both 1 and 2 are, I just don't approve of them.

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          • super kid
            FFR Player
            • Nov 2006
            • 1359

            #6
            Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

            3 is a good choice.
            Originally posted by KgZ
            next time instead of trying to talk to the girl acting like a sketchball just whip your dick and stick it in her mouth; dont even say anything

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            • roundbox
              fhqwhgads
              • Feb 2005
              • 2049

              #7
              Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

              I don't care about advertising. Raising the special tax just pisses them off even more. I just think it should be banned in public places. If they're going to kill themselves, at least make them do it in their own place.
              Originally posted by the sun fan
              I'd be too tiny to be a bouncer



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              • RandomPscho
                FFR Player
                • Jun 2006
                • 504

                #8
                Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                In New York (I think all over the state -- I know centrel NY it is) smoking in public facilities is illegal. This includes bars, restaurants, stadiums, libraries, schools. Parks are ok, but now they are thinking of banning smoking outside of hospitals.

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                • Kilroy_x
                  Little Chief Hare
                  • Mar 2005
                  • 783

                  #9
                  Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                  Bars, restaurants and stadiums aren't public facilities. It should be left up to the individual owners in those cases.

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                  • Evascythe
                    evascythe
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 2909

                    #10
                    Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                    Smoking should be banned from everywhere and every place in the world.
                    CIGARETTES SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.


                    Originally posted by moches
                    I love your avatar and you seem like a chill dude

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                    • Kilroy_x
                      Little Chief Hare
                      • Mar 2005
                      • 783

                      #11
                      Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                      Yeah, you tell the world what they can't do. There's nothing as unforgivable as freedom to do stupid things, especially when they don't hurt others.

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                      • Evascythe
                        evascythe
                        • Mar 2005
                        • 2909

                        #12
                        Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                        Originally posted by Kilroy_x
                        Yeah, you tell the world what they can't do. There's nothing as unforgivable as freedom to do stupid things, especially when they don't hurt others.
                        ........................
                        Did you just say smoking doesn't hurt others?
                        If so, you sir, are a complete moron.


                        Originally posted by moches
                        I love your avatar and you seem like a chill dude

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                        • Doug31
                          Falcon Paaaauuuunch!!!!!!
                          FFR Simfile Author
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 6811

                          #13
                          Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                          I'm so against cigarettes that I voted for all of the choices except nothing. I'm really bothered by all the people I see smoking at my school.

                          Edit: And yes, smoking does hurt others, and I've heard the secondary smoke that comes out is about 4x as bad as the other smoke that goes through the filter.

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                          • Kilroy_x
                            Little Chief Hare
                            • Mar 2005
                            • 783

                            #14
                            Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                            Originally posted by Evascythe
                            ........................
                            Did you just say smoking doesn't hurt others?
                            If so, you sir, are a complete moron.
                            It doesn't hurt others when it's done in the privacy of ones own home, or in a location where everyone knows and accepts that smoking is going to occur.

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                            • Kilroy_x
                              Little Chief Hare
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 783

                              #15
                              Re: Smoking as a Public Health Issue

                              Originally posted by Doug31
                              I'm so against cigarettes that I voted for all of the choices except nothing. I'm really bothered by all the people I see smoking at my school.

                              Edit: And yes, smoking does hurt others, and I've heard the secondary smoke that comes out is about 4x as bad as the other smoke that goes through the filter.
                              I'm aware of this. Smoking at school is unacceptable because a school is a public establishment, but preventing people from doing things that only hurt themselves is an unneccessary abridgement of freedom.

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