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5
9
Yes we should No they have a right to smoke
Debate Score:14
Arguments:11
Total Votes:14
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 Yes we should (4)
 
 No they have a right to smoke (5)

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Should we ban smoking?

Yes we should

Side Score: 5
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No they have a right to smoke

Side Score: 9

of course...why should any of you have the right to smoke/kill yourselves?

can you read between the lines?
Side: Yes we should
1 point

I don't think people should smoke. Here are the Pros and the Cons

Cons

Children watch people smoke. And than gets influenced that if other smoke they may think it is ok to do the same. So it may be a bad influence

It can lead to asthma. Like second hand smoke when. When people smoke around children, we inhale it and it goes to our lungs which is not very good.

It is rude. People just smoke in front of your face. They don't care if it is a child with asthma they just go around smoking.

It is harmful to your body

Pros

The only one I could think of is that it helps decrease the chance of deceases.

If I am wrong correct me, but not in a rude way. I think people should not smoke.

Side: Yes we should
westernslave(695) Clarified
2 points

the children? gtfoh with that bs.

and you would know the "pros" if you actually smoked for any lengthy period. millions of people wouldnt do it / risk their health and spend way too much loot on them if there wasnt an up side.

have you ever smoked a cigarette after banging a whore?

what about after a meal or while taking a shit?

have you ever been addicted to something and then felt that relief of when you get your fix?

yes, its a bad habit...but hey, who the fuck are you/or anybody else to say who can or cant. if you dont want your kids seeing me smoke or walking through my smoke rings, keep the little fuckers inside

Side: Yes we should

Good point, Western. I agree. I smoked off and on for 10 years.

Side: Yes we should
1 point

smoking is a bad habit and it has no benifits ...so it should be baned

Side: Yes we should

Of course we should ban smoking.

We don't need the tax revenue from tobacco products, even if it does completely offset the government subsidies for medical treatment of conditions that can be linked to smoking, regardless of whether the patient was a smoker or not.

Banning drugs has done an excellent job of keeping them off of our streets, I expect the larger market share of tobacco products compared to other drugs, as well as the status of nicotine as one of if not the most addictive substance currently available to have zero bearing on the effectiveness of this; surely all smoking will immediately disappear.

And if not, well, we also need more people in jail, and more reason to put them there. And we need somewhere to spend the excess money the US government always seems to have, what better way than to pass and attempt to enforce legislation that would label roughly 1/3 of the population as criminals!

Side: No they have a right to smoke
thousandin1(1931) Clarified
1 point

Er, saw this on my arguments and its been voted on so I can't edit so I thought I should clarify.

1/5 of the population, not 1/3. We're not quite that bad >.<

Side: Yes we should
2 points

No...... whats wrong with smoking? Is there anything ethically or morally wrong with it? The only thing that I can think of is smoking around others. So, at the most, morally you can only ban the smoking around others, but not the smoking itself.

Side: No they have a right to smoke
2 points

No, but it deserves to be banned more than many of the drugs that are currently banned.

Side: No they have a right to smoke
1 point

It's there choice to smoke, we should offer support for people who want to quit, but if someone wants to smoke then it's their decision.

Side: No they have a right to smoke

How about we ban banning stuff for no good reason? ;)

Side: No they have a right to smoke