Smoking tobacco should be illegalised completely.

Some good arguments there - but I still stick to my points. You may use examples that relate to my ideas and create preposterous scenarios, however, I would like to point out that smoking tobacco includes all of these ideas. In context, it is harmful for your health, it costs tax payers a lot of money and it is preventable and therefore should be illegal. However, using one of your examples for comparison, public education is not harmful for your health and therefore is not as extreme. Smoking tobacco is both a lot of money and harmful for your health. However, the binge eating scenario I do agree with; it would seem absurd to ban it, but when thought about in great detail, it is a similar scenario as any other drug. (I personally, would love to have the NHS charge patients for self-inflicted illness!) I cannot really comment in great deal about your second point in health insurance and Obamacare as I live in the United Kingdom and was speaking in terms of the National Health Service In your third counter-argument, I can use a similar objection to my earlier point with the exception of drinking (which would be a similar agreement to binge eating which I briefly mentioned earlier). Yes cussing, lying, pornography, unfaithfulness and rude behaviour influences the next generation to pick up a bad habit, but they do not harm the users and those around them in extreme cases and they do not cost tax payers a lot of money. Smoking tobacco includes all of these. Your own points, I found interesting... 1) Yes a lot of money would be lost in families, but I can refer to the alcohol prohibition that occured in the early 20th century. This is a similar idea to the one I am proposing, as alcohol can be referred to as a drug and is harmful, costs money to tax payers in health consequences and influences a new generation in a bad habit. It must have put many families out of business, however, there are also economic positives. Tax would be decreased as the government would decrease the money given to hospitals and health care as less would be needed to treat smoking related illness. 2) I do agree with this point, however I can refer to other drugs which are illegal when I argue my point that there will always be crime related to illegal drugs. Heroin is an illegal drug, yet people still take heroin. I can also refer to my first counter-argument and second point. If a fine were placed on smoking tobacco illegally, then the government would receive more money to spend on worthwhile things. 3) I have read up on this, and I agree there were bad consequences from prohibition. However, it is a new era and times can change. It used to be that everybody followed the crowd in danger of being attacked verbally and physically for having your own opinion. On a completely unrelated topic in terms for comparison, Martin Luther King was shot for demanding rights for black people. The majority of white people disagreed, despite many wanting to speak out, and eventually he was shot dead for his beliefs. However, now days, racism is not tolerated. Of course, it still occurs, but far less. 4) This is true, but I believe the human right is "to do what a person wishes, if it does not harm others", and I believe smoking tobacco causes passive smoking, which is harming others. 5) I agree, help should be offered to people who wish to quit. But the money the government can cut from the health service budget (taken as less money is needed to treat smoking-related illness) can care for this. Therefore, not much of a rise, or perhaps no rise at all, is needed in tax. 6) I disagree, a good person abides by the law and not everybody in this world is bad. You can see from my previous points and counter-arguments why! I hope this makes sense, it was written in a hurry. Thank you for replying!