The United States Should Issue a Nationwide Ban on Smoking (Either in Public or in Private)

COST: "Regardless of how the cost has been paid, it is a cost nonetheless" The cost was paid by the smoker and this could really only benefit the American economy. The money will be paid to the hospital so the hospital will have its money. I did offer a comparison and you must have not see it.There is income due to an annual 25 billion plus the taxes which add 7 billion annually. The government should by trying to value freedom above everything else. This is why in many states marijuana is getting legalized. On to the real argument we should not make more than 1/5 of the American people stop smoking. This is a land of freedom and we should do whatever we need to to keep this right. Young adults part:I think you are saying that because people buy it less when it is more costly it is likely that people will buy it less when it is not legal.(http://www.cbsnews.com...) This is not legal and it is getting used quite a bit at 80%. Why would people stick to this law when they do not with weed or coke or heroin? The people will keep smoking and this will just make the cigarettes that are smoked unregulated and as such even more unsafe. JOBS: My point is that taking away money when we are in such a harsh time is not the smart thing to do. Again, we should value freedom and taking away these freedoms will not be worth it. Industry The ban of cigarettes would ban it. "Bans are formed for the prohibition of activities within a certain political territory" This would ban the production and smoking of it. The government subsidy would just cost even more money and this makes my first point even stronger. It would have to go underground as because even if the creation is not banned it would still be illegal to smoke and that would mean that people would have to do not legal things to get their hands on it. We can look at prohibition and the drug war or how well this type of thing works out. To wrap up my case it would cost so much money, go against the American people as many people do smoke, and not do its job and just make more things to fight in the drug war and make it a bigger war. cocaine vs cigarettes legality stuffs Drug Abuse: misuse, maltreatment, or excessive use. This mans that if you take to much you die. This really means overdose. You cannot overdose on cigarettes while you can on cocaine. This plus the muscle problems. There are just way to many holes in this. similarity vs. difference My opponent is preaching the effects of cigarettes as of right now. Cars cause deaths so should we ban these as well? Fatty foods cause many of the things that were brought up but do we ban these as well? This like i have been saying for a while is a matter of freedom and not anything else. Smoking cessation These people choose to start smoking. THIS IS PERSONAL CHOICE! We should try to not take away things that people do for a reason. "why shouldn"t government be allowed to ban the use right from the beginning?"FREEDOM I have proven that cigarettes are very different from cocaine and I believe that freedom is far more important than having our government ban anything that could cause and problems.