Smoking should be banned in all states in the USA

Thank you for your response. Smoking and Health Con said, "Thus, again, if we are to follow Pro's logic, then all these things should be banned because they are dangerous and harmful." But they are not as dangerous as smoking. Smoking should be banned because it can cause more negative things than the activities you mentioned. "Just because A is illegal and is considered less dangerous than B, that doesn't therefore follow that B should be illegal too." "To ban smoking just because it is dangerous and harmful, would mean that we would have to ban just about nearly everything else too." You just contradicted yourself. When I said that smoking should be illegal, you said that there are other things that also give negative impact on your money, health, beauty, and the environment, so should be banned to. But then you said this. So considering your previous argument, you didn't give a good reason why smoking should not be banned, and you also pointed why surfing or motorcycling shouldn't be banned if smoking is banned. And to add that, smoking is more dangerous than the things you mentioned earlier. (1) The things you mentioned are less dangerous than smoking. And most of it have some positive impact on us. (2) I agree on freedom of choice. But the government should care for the people's welfare. Sometimes the government have to give boundaries. And this also contradicts your previous argument. Freedom of choice means the government shouldn't ban everything you mentioned. But smoking is bad for many aspects in your life. Smoking and Beauty I said in R2 that smoking should be banned because it causes negative impacts on the smoker, non smoker, and the environment. Coffee just costs you beauty. And I clearly didn't say that anything that causes only one of those negative impacts should be banned too. Smoking and Money Buying a cigarette smoke is a waste of money because it's like buying poison. Other things that cost money can benefit us, like foods, homes, and clothes. Smoking and IQ The things you mentioned are just bad in a couple of aspects. Smoking is bad in many aspects. The government should only ban something that have many negative impacts for us. There have been numerous studies which proved that smoking is bad for your IQ. Besides that, smoking often causes anxiety, irritability, and depression on a person.[1] Smoking and Fires Other things that can create fires have a few positive impacts on us. And smoking do have a few positive impacts I see. Smoking can prevent us from having a few diseases, like Parkinson's. Who wants to increase his/her risks of heart attack and lung cancer so he/she could prevent having some minor disease? Those positive impacts are not great. Smoking and Babies Women that are not pregnant can get pregnant in the future. And Con said that men shouldn't smoke near pregnant women, not banning smoking. But people are usually not aware that there are pregnant women near them, so not smoking in the first place is better. Smoking and Children "Moreover, recall that I said that if we should ban something just because it may influence children, then numerous other things should be banned as well." Smoking doesn't just influence children, it can cost numerous other things that is bad. And those things you said is less dangerous than smoking. Smoking and Death Those positive impacts are not so great. It is true smoking can prevent Parkinson's. But it increases the risks of heart attack and lung cancer too. Despite the risks of automobiles and surfing, if we are more careful, the risk can be lowered. So they should not be banned, as everything you mentioned. Smoking and Environment Paper has a much more positive impact on us than smoking. Even Con know it himself. It gives us knowledge, write out our feelings, and much more. And I know crime is a side effect, but the punishment shouldn't be to tough, such as fines. And banning smoking can help people who are trying to quit smoking. Smoking and Economy What you just said about that is probably true, but there are hundreds of dollars lost every year because of smoking if we don't count the non smokers. Nobody knows exactly how much money do non smokers take from the government, so it is very hard to say whether smoking is good or bad for the economy. Conclusion Con was trying to refute my argument with other examples. But those examples should not be banned if smoking is banned because of my reasons above. And smoking is not bad because it just costs you money or health. It's because smoking costs you your health, beauty, money, environment, and more. Thank you, Con, for participating in this debate. Because this is my very first debate (online and real life), I hope you can forgive me if I make some mistakes. 1. http://www.chantixsite.net...