Tobacco Rights

1. GOVERNMENT 1a. "Does the government condon suicide? No it does not in fact if they can they try to keep you from suicide, with suicide hotlines and mental health hospital wings, and if someone even suggest to the police that you are think of suicide they can restrain you, monitor you, and your parent can have you insitutionalized. " Suicide is not criminalized but instead the state can take preventative measures if they feel you are in danger of hurting yourself and others with malicious intent ot reckless endangerment, I like I stated before. This is not like cigarettes at all. 1b. "My opponent lovely as she may be has been going around this whole fast food argument like they are comparable. Yes i agree people may get addicted or have medical problems from MC D's food, however she over looks the fact that ciggerrets are specifcally design with these chemicals to kill you, specifically designed. With these also deadly chemical arsnic a deadly poison found it rat poison. Nicotine to specifically get you addicted put in for such purpose,There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes. 51 of them are known to be carcinogenic. A carcinogen is something that causes cancer. Cancer is a disease that often kills those who have it. So these are knowingly put into a pack of cigs that kill you knowingly. " That is the same with junk food though. People will buy the products knowing they are detrimental to health and do not support a healthy lifestyle. This does not prevent them from having the choice to do so – same with cigarettes. If a consumer was barred from everything that has negative affects on health, there would be severe consequences to both the economy and availability of products. 1c. "When you eat a cheese burger is there a chance you might have bad effects yes, but does you burger have arsnic in it? No, does it have any type of cancer causing chemical? No. " That’s not important. Even though chemicals are intentionally used in chemicals to make it addictive and hurtful to your health, that is not grounds to criminalize them since it is the consumers choice. The only thing the state should do is make sure the consumer is educated in those affects so they can make an informed choice. 1d. "First off tell me what makes fast food addictive just out of curiosity, Secondly yes you are contributing to unhealthly habits however fast food isn't pumped full of deadly cancer causing chemicals are they more over not everyone who eats at a fast food place will get addicted to the food because it was made to be addictive. " The high levels of MSG and fats are addictive and harmful to health – these are added however since they increase the chance of the consumer coming back for more. And even if the product isn’t pumped full of carcinogens and other harmful chemicals, it still has the same negative affects over time. To criminalize tobacco on these grounds would lead to the criminalization of fast food since a precedent would be set. 2. HEALTH RISK 2a. "Again she's comparing fast food to smoking which as I have said earlier that tobacco is nothing like them yes both can have bad effect but fast food does not make you crave it for the rest of your life. " And your point is? Craving something for your entire life is not legal grounds for criminalization. 2b. "This has been defended above. .. ." Still not proven. 2c. "yes, he can be prosecuted but really will a prosecution stop his kids from getting cancer from his smoking? No it won't you might get revenge but the damage has already been done. " The chances of cancer are not grounds for prosecution. That’s like taking my neighbor to court since his car produces CO2 and I might be hurt when inhaling the fumes. 3. TAXES "Ok moot point well how about this we are allowing people to kill themselves for money, simply put. Is that what a government is a money sucking mob boss who says pay your protection money ok here have a cig it will only cause you to have cancer and pay money out the yeng yang for them. No a government obligation is to protect its people, not use them for money. " They can protect the people when they have legal grounds to do so. However, such grounds cannot be found in this case since tobacco is the choice of the consumer. CONCLUSION: "I object this so called link has been refuted since burgers are not specifically made with deadly chemicals that cause cancer which is in fact more deadly than having a meal at Mc D's and possibly obesity is more curable than cancer will ever be. So we are to allow our people to kill themselves for the economy? Heck legalize hard narcotics then you'll make a killing the economy will be booming geez after you think about legalizing all these harmful drugs would benefit the economy ten fold and who cares if a couple thousand or more die from it as long as the economy prospers. " I’ve already explained the connection between junk food and tobacco. The people are allowed to make decisions for which products they choose to consume – even with disastrous affects since they do so without malicious intent. Until cigarette smoke has been used as a weapon to hurt those around you, there is no legal grounds to criminalize the product. Resolution affirmed.