Tobacco Rights

1. Government "1a. My opponent outlines an interesting case here but it is with a central flaw: the government protects us from harm with malicious intent or reckless endangerment. Smoking tobacco is neither. Smoking cigarettes is inflicting harm the same way eating unhealthy and artificial tanning inflicts harm. And regardless of my opponent supporting a fast food chain questioning the amount of items being consumed weekly by its patrons, the fact that such a policy is not implemented is important. Why? Since it shows that the government will only protect us from harm which we do not inflict on ourselves with the central premise of feeling pain." 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. 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. 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. "1b. Actually, eating habits and obesity is quite relevant. Fast food is also addictive [1] and can be harming to those around you. For example, let's say I am hungry and take my children out to eat at the local fast food place. I am now contributing to my child's unhealthy food habits [2]." 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. 2. Health risk "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." "This is has been refuted above." This has been defended above.... "What about at home? guy smokes and with his two new little babies born 3 weeks ago letting them effect the children , government can't regulate that. Also if it is as you say a business man would lose money for having a non smoking sign so this makes them more inclined not to." "If the man is smoking around his children which leads to them being sick, he can be prosecuted for abuse. Also, the business man will most likely lose more money with a smoking allowed sign since the majority of the population does not smoke tobacco. [3]" 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. 3. TAXES "To this whole statement id like to say that without people alive or citizens alive to pay taxes there would be less revenue since the stuff we sell them kills them." "Obviously cigarettes do not immediately kill the smoker so this point is moot." 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. Her conclusion: "In summary, the links between Fast Food and tobacco are astonishing since both are addictive and affect those around you. However, if you support the government banning tobacco then you must also support the government banning all fast food chains since it follows the same logic. This would be even more detrimental to the economy overall and would violate business rights." 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.