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When you exercise, you punish your body, and cause it pain, so it grows back stronger. With your logic, exercise should be banned: it causes harm to the body.
Do you not believe that people should have the right to not do what is best for them? Should people not be allowed to make bad decisions? Does anyone (exclude God in your answer) have the right to dictate what is good and bad for them, and prevent them from having any choice in the matter?
Exercise is a bad example because smoking does nothing good for your body, but exercise will. It does not cause harm to the body it causes pain because of the acid produced in an anaerobic respiration.
I am not talking about those things Ben it is really commonsense what the things I am talking about. Clearly other people on here know the things I really was talking about but you you must be just lost man. I don't have to explain myself here because like I said it is commonsense by what I mean by that everything I posted above.
I fully understand what you meant, I'm simply showing you that using such absolutes is always going to lead you into contradictions. You can't say everything without meaning everything, regardless of how obvious you feel you're being.
You don't get to say one thing and mean another, do you not disagree?
I think your parents, morals and people loved by the majority because of their good deeds combined can tell what is good and bad and you will probably agree.
And it would be the best way to be a controlling prick. The less responsible you are for your own actions and choices the less free you are. It has nothing to do with what harms the body. This is about keeping and increasing freedom; in this case the freedom to choose if you smoke or not.
Yes it should be banned because it does no good to our body when we smoke. I don't understand people who know smoking is wrong but they continue to smoke and slowly killing themselves as they continue to smoke.
Yes it should be banned because it does no good to our body when we smoke.
Should we ban EVERYTHING that is bad or harmful? Burgers? Fast Food? Christianity?
I don't understand people who know smoking is wrong but they continue to smoke and slowly killing themselves as they continue to smoke.
That's the definition of an addiction. Whether it's meat or smoking, people do it. Does that mean we should ban it? You eat meat. Therefore, you have an addition. But you aren't in favor of banning it, are you?
Should we ban everything that is bad or harmful? Burgers? Fast Food? Christianity?
No not all things we should ban that is bad or harmful. Its the person's choice to choose what they think is bad or harmful for them.
That's the definition of an addiction. Whether it's meat or smoking, people do it. Does that mean we should ban it? You eat meat. Therefore, you have an addition. But you aren't in favor of banning it, are you?
I don't eat meat on a daily basis, so I am not addicted to it. I only eat it everyonce in awhile and I eat food that are healthy for me.
"Yes it should be banned because it does no good to our body when we smoke."
Because it is true smoking is bad for you and harmful. It can cause lung disease.
You eat it regularly. That makes it an addiction.
Actually I am not addicted to meat. An addiction is when someone can't go one day without doing something and they have to do it in order to survive or make the day. There is some people who are have an addiction to many things and that means they do that particular thing everyday and can't go one day without doing that particular thing. So just because we eat every once in awhile doesn't make it an addiction.
"No not all things we should ban that is bad or harmful. Its the person's choice to choose what they think is bad or harmful for them."
I said that because you said that what about burgers, fast food, Christianity? So I was saying that not all those things we should ban that you listed because it is up to the person to think what they think is good or not. Like you are for gay marriage and I am against it.
No. It is defined as the continued use of a mood altering substance or behaviour despite adverse consequences.
You don't get the definition of addiction. I rarely often eat meat. I mostly don't eat meat for 2 weeks. So after those 2 weeks are up I eat meat. Addiction is when someone can't stop eating meat or crave it and they can't survive until they eat.
So I was saying that not all those things we should ban that you listed because it is up to the person to think what they think is good or not.
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Then why did you say,
"Yes it should be banned because it does no good to our body."
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You don't get the definition of addiction.
I copied and pasted the definition of it. You eat meat. You are eating it despite adverse consequences on your health. It is bad for you...but you still eat it. Does that mean we should ban it?
He continues to do it because it is tempting and if we destroy all cigars, he will go crazy for two days but then forget it, I guess you could give him 3 cigars to use this week and he needs to use them wisely. It helped me.
Dont they have those like fake cigars that have like steam come out of them? I think if they sold more of those it could help people stop. But thats just what i think.
I suppose that smoking should be banned because first of al it is the high risk of lung cancer. People who smoke in the stree or in the other public places do not ponder that people around them also incur this poison of tobaco. If smoking person does not care about his health that I am worry about myself!!!
Smoking in more ways than one is harmful to a persons body, but the worst effect that smoking can have is second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke has been proven to be more toxic than the cigarette itself. Smoking should be up to the individual to decide, but when u add in the factor of second hand smoke that can harm non-smokers, its is evident that this decision is no longer up to the individual. Also, if you deprive a person of cigarettes or tobacco, the body will start healing to the point where it will be fully healed in a couple of months. For these reasons, I personally believe that smoking should be banned.
That's bullshit, if second hand smoke was worse, surely people wouldn't have to buy cigarettes, they could just stand near some smokers. You can't get a good fix off second hand. Try it.
80% of people with lung cancer have smoked some time in their life. There are countless more statistics like this one that I could quote however the point is that smoking is overloading the NHS and they have already had massive cuts. Most ingredients of a cigarette are lethal poisons. Tar that goes on roads goes into cigarettes and countless other things.
However the worst thing about smoking is that cigarettes are legal, and therefore it is an 'open' catastrophe. So why don't the government ever talk about it? If I go to watch BBC Parliament I doubt that I will ever find them discussing smoking. It is because the government knows that it is wrong however they do nothing about it for the taxes they can gain are large. If someone has an addiction, price will not stop them and therefore all that is happening is that the government are making more profit. This is an issue that has to change and therefore I conclude that smoking should be banned.
I suppose that arguments against smoking are stronger than arguments for smoking(i think it's obvious). Smoking has been shown to be dangerous to health. Heart disease, bronchitis and lung cancer have all been linked. A further issue is that smoking costs governments millions of pounds because of the large number of people who need treatment in hospitals for smoking related problems. There is also concern today about passive smoking. Recent research has shown that non-smokers can suffer health problems if they spend long periods of time among people who do smoke.
Also, being in a restaurant and having to smell that smoke while eating is not only disrepectful but also disturbing and once again not healthy. I respect those who smoke away.
They should care about surroundings! Children exposed to secondhand smoke have increased risks of sudden infant death syndrome, middle ear infection, asthma, pneumonia and bronchitis.
I don't think the corporations care about us. Most smokers regret smoking so badly, and would agree to anything to help them. So right now, they under control from a stupid product that harms them but if we ban them, they will be safe and stable from something that doesn't harm them. The cigar itself tempts them, if their friends did not know about cigars would they have made them feel weak and nerdy it they did not smoke? The smokers themselves want cigars out of their lives, so they won't be so sad if we ban them.
Smoking isn't just bad for you but it cause second-hand smoke, which kills many people EVERY YEAR. A lot of my famil smoke, and I hate being around them, I am so sick of smokeng it's not even funny.
I'm smoking and I'm just as much an idiot as someone eating a McHeartattack. But I do insist on my right to do either of these activities if I so choose.
I waste about as much money on smoking I do other unnecessary consumables, junk food, recreational drugs, gas for scenic drives or roadtrips, etc. These things I spend money on leave me with nothing to show for it but satisfaction, good memories, and my body/car a little worse off, but more often than not I find this to be a fair trade, not a waste. Moderation and balance are the key. I've been smoking for years but i can still hold my breath for over 3 min on account of all the work I do. Balance. I take recreational drugs, but I do so infrequently and not in excess. Moderation.
I'm very much against religion, but I don't think religion should be banned because that would infringe on people's right to act like some degree of an idiot. Same story with smoking, except our government already restricts smoking and throws money into anti-smoking ads and education.
In fact smoking - it's the same drug. Only rampant and the offering of harm to others (passive smoking). It would be nice to ban in the state level. In any case, there would be no bad examples of mass, which is very contagious.
smoking should actually be banned as smoking leads to cancers such as mouth cancer, lip cancer etc., even passive smokers i.e., the one who inhale the smoke which is smoked by other smokers which is more harmful.the one smokes especially the reverse smokers not only harm others by their smoke but also harm their own body which makes their lungs turn black in colour and it leads to emphysema i.e., rupturing of blood vessels.
No. We shouldn't be trying to legislate behavior. You don't like second-hand smoke? Don't eat/drink at bars and restaurants that allow smoking. It is your choice to expose yourself to said smoke.
Even though someone may not agree with it doesn't mean others shouldn't be able to smoke if they want to. Telling them they can't is a violation of their liberty.
We shouldn't as it will just make illegal marketing of cigarettes and we don't want this. Also, people can't just suddenly stop smoking if they have smoked all their life and are addicted, it will just mean they will break the law to get cigarettes and it is better that they legally buy them.
no it shouldn't be banned because if it is banned the smokers will turn to be criminals so they can smoke.further more it is very hard to stop smoking once u started.
Bans are the go to solution of the mentally crippled.
Smoking, drugs, alcohol abuse are all MEDICAL issues. Bans only make them into legal issues and make actual progress harder to accomplish while enriching real criminals and dirty politicians.
