Smoking should be banned!

**CONTRADICTION** In this last round I will cover the following: a] Health and Harm b] Effects on Economy, and c] Religious Concerns a] HEALTH & HARM Firstly, I believe that everyone is aware of the outcomes and effect that would take place with tobacco smoking and just smoking in general. But 2 prime incentives (amongst others) on putting forth the prohibition in the sales of cigarette is directly due to the loss of human lives and product manufacturing deficiency (it will be informed in my next point). i.According to the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2008, tobacco has been positioned as the world's single greatest cause of preventable death. This drug is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide in both developed and undeveloped countries. Tobacco is known as a major risk factor in common diseases such as heart attacks, emphysema, cancers, strokes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, impotence, infertility-- and the list goes on. ii."Apart from reducing human suffering, abolishing the sale of cigarettes would result in savings in the realm of healthcare costs, increased labour productivity, and lessened harms from fires, reduced consumption of scarce physical resources, and a smaller global carbon footprint. Abolition would also put a halt to one of the principal sources of corruption in modern civilization, and would effectively eliminate one of the historical forces behind global warming denial and environmental obfuscation." (http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com... ) And that statement has justified this point. b] ECONOMY EFFECTS Opponent"s claim: "If you banned tobacco, it would be even MORE difficult to get a job." i.No, it"s not simple to obtain a job after factories has closed. However, the costs of smoking are alternatively more excessive than the incomes from cigarette sales. In 2004, the US Centres for Disease Control & Prevention approximated that tobacco smoking led to health costs and productivity losses that totalled an average of $10.47 per pack sold and used in the U.S. This means that profits made are lost in direct medical care of adults, loss of productivity due to premature deaths and exposure in second-hand smoke, and so the point in introducing smoking manufacturing is impractical in the first place. ii.People will be left jobless, and their chances of finding a new job are slim, but like I have mentioned in my first round, this is a sacrifice human need to make in order to secure the survival of humanity and future generations. Is it not more important to consider the lives of human health with higher sums of capable deaths than people without jobs? The answer should be no. c] RELIGIOUS CONCERNS This round is not based on a rebuttal of religions as it will create influential debates in regards to the difference in beliefs people have of which is unfair. I totally agree with people"s rights in their psychological beliefs and values, so therefore in this circumstance I will agree only on a term that smoking tobacco should NOT be banned unless for religious purposes. There are other methods, such as recreating entheogen in a legal and safe way. Now I may be taken as a hypocrite for this decision, but who am I to argue with other"s beliefs? I am after all a dedicated Christian and I will not be satisfied and will be outraged if my religion has been forced to delete. Because of my understandings in the aftermaths of banning tobacco for our living sake"s I may make a compromise in a situation to settle the debate. Tobacco may be used ONLY if it is for religious purposes, and even if I have agreed upon protecting the lives of human" this is why compromising this idea is suggested. However, I hope people agreeing with the religion that uses tobacco can reflect upon the points I have made and the association of many risk it generates. There are many reasons why tobacco smoking should be banned and my arguments are just to name a few. I thank my opponent for taking part in this debate and wish him good luck for the votes. Furthermore, I apologize for my imperfections and misunderstandings in my argument. I hope there are people who support this idea than actually not taking part to help our world. http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.cyh.com... http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com... http://www.support-native-american-art.com... http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au... http://www.cancer.org...