The U.S. government should ban the manufacturing and selling of tobacco.

My opponent tried his best to proove that hell is likely to be a heaven. First of all my opponent didn't started it in a ld style so first of all i would like to give definations of the terms used in this Debate. 1: Tobacco:-Tobacco is made from the dried leaves of the tobacco plant. After the leaves are dried they are treated with around 4000 different chemicals before being made into cigarettes. Many of these chemicals are known carcinogens (cancer causing), and tobacco smoke itself is carcinogenic. 2:Marijuana:-Marijuana (grass, pot, weed) is the common name for a crude drug made from the plant Cannabis sativa. The main mind-altering (psychoactive) ingredient in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), but more than 400 other chemicals also are in the plant. A marijuana "joint" (cigarette) is made from the dried particles of the plant. 3:- Carcinogen:-A carcinogen is a substance that is capable of causing cancer in humans or animals. If a substance is known to promote or aggravate cancer. 4:-Nicotine:-Nicotine is defined as a poisonous, oily, pale yellow substance that turns brown upon exposure to air. In concentrated form, nicotine is used as a potent insecticide. The amount of nicotine which occurs in tobacco leaves ranges from 2% to 7%. Nicotine mimics the affects of acetylcholine (nerve signal transmitter) and it acts primarily on the autonomic nervous system. As such, it can be dangerous. Nicotine can cause respiratory failure and paralysis at doses of less than 50 mg, Smaller. Source:-www.wisegeek.com and askjeaves.com Now i would like to state my friend's word i.e. 1. It would lead to riots. 2. Tobacco creates jobs. 3. Tobacco would still be bought and sold illegally, as we see with all other illegal drugs. First of all i would like to ask my opponent and you all readers that is only tobbaco creates job, I know yours answer, its no!. So coming to next point i.e. it would lead to riots... its simply a pillar without any base, Because according to a survey presented by National Geographic Team In U.S.A. less than 5% are only like tobacco where as others like to have beverages and other drugs so its not going to lead any riots. Now lets have some facts of tobbaco:- =>In a survey presented by drugwarfacts.org it was there that "The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), =>Every eight seconds someone in the world dies from a tobacco related illness/disease. Smoking is the #1 preventable cause of premature death in the United States. =.On average, smokers die nearly seven years earlier than nonsmokers. Smoking is responsible for one out of five American deaths. =>In the U.S., smoking kills more people than cocaine, heoine, alcohol, fire automobile accidents, homicideds, suicides,and AIDS combined. =>Reports of the Surgeon General conclude that smoking cigarettes causes heart disease, lung and esophageal cancer, and chronic lung disease. Cigarette smoking contributes to cancer of the bladder, pancreas, and kidney. =>Consequences of using smokeless tobacco include cancer of the gum, mouth, pharynx, larynx, and esophagus. =>Men who smoke increase their risk of death from lung cancer by more than 22 times and from bronchitis and emphysema by nearly 10 times. Women who smoke increase their risk of dying from lung cancer by nearly 12 times and the risk of dying from bronchitis and emphysema by more than 10 times. Smoking tiples the risk of dying from heart disease among middle-aged men and women. =>About 10 million people in the United States have died from causes attributed to smoking (including heart disease, emphysema, and other respiratory disease) since the first Surgeon General's report on smoking and health in 1964--2 million of these deaths were the result of lung cancer alone. =>90% of adult smokers are addicted to tobacco before they reach the age of 18; 50% before the age of 14; currently the average age of initiation to tobacco is age 11. =.48 million adults smoke in the U.S. (22.9% of the population, overall) 33%of youth currently smoke. =.According to the CDC survey, there are 1,136,900 smokers in New Jersey (19.5% of the state population). 38% of youths in grades 9-12 smoke in New Jersey. Source:-www.costkids.org It made you blink your eyes i thinks So i want to vote For the statement So as to save many lives may be some of your owns. Other things i'll present in my next round. Thank you..For reading.