Why does the government allow cigarette selling if it's proven that many people die of smoking?
541206
Well, No.  Actually drug laws have less to do with the death rate of people who use drugs and more to dp with how the drug effects their ablity to think.  When someone is using a mind altering drug, they are more likely to hurt or kill others. You can smoke 5 packs a day and smoking will still not inhibit the smokers ability to think clearly.  Most adults can have one or two drinks without being intoxicated.  Illegal drugs including marijuana inhibit the ability of the user to function fully right away.  That is why they are illegal.
539140
It is undoubtedly a political decision, not a medical one.  Shame on them!\n\nAlthough THC can be delivered a number of ways, smoking is the most immediate means to get it into the body.  Very few people smoke enough of it for the ill effects of smoking to be a significant issue.
488700
In the Netherlands, softer drugs such as marijuana is legal.  However.  It is controlled.  You have to have a license to sell it. (such as a coffee shop.. yes they exist and no they are not all they are cracked up to be) You are only allowed to sell to 18 and older and only a certain amount per person.  Most coffee shops make it a rule that you HAVE to have a cup of tea or coffee while there.  (but not all) You can see people smoking on the streets.  Its not uncommon but the govt frowns on such behavior.
328057
illegal drugs are a much more profitable market skeem because it is grown so easily and vast that the government has no control over it, meaning they cant tax it. Making the farmer make a ton of money. Drugs like tobacco have so many regulations and things on them to keep their profit low and everything else really low. Since the government has no control over things they cant catch, they cant make money on it, meaning the farmers rack in the serious bucks
240655
in america most states have had this ban for a while.  (i think new york for about 3 yrs, and ct about 2) numerous business owners have complained b/c it keeps customers away according to them.( bars/restaurants/nightclubs) as for the tax implications...i can only guess it must be pretty bad as cigs are highly taxed.
808593
Each pack of cigarettes sold in the United States costs the Nation $7.18 in Health-care and Productivity.   \n\nSmokers tend to take longer to recover from illnesses, they stay in hospitals longer.  Pregnant women who smoke have children with lower birth weights, who stay longer in hospitals.\n\nCigarette smoking remains the single most important preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the U.S. It results in “more deaths each year than AIDS, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, homicide, suicide, motor vehicle crashes, and fires – combined\n\nSmokers need to stop kidding themselves about who pays for health-care.  The government funds hospitals with tax-dollars.\n\nSmokers are being funded by taxpayers.  Adding $7.18 to the price of each pack of cigarettes, is the only way to make smokers themselves directly pay for what it costs the nation.\n\nObesity costs health-care as well, but smokers are delusional if they think that those costs outweigh the costs of smoking.  I have never seen a study that proves that, quite the opposite.  BTW have you ever seen someone get sick from second hand fat?\n\nThere's a war on drugs, where's the war on tobacco?
1043968
b/c the government doesnt think like that....would save a tonne of lives doing it that way
923613
Because the government makes a lot of money from them. Alchohol actually has some health benefits in moderation. Tobacco is just a big money maker
1134999
Because alcohol and tobacco are already in place and have been giving the government money forever, where as the government did not know that it would be such a good commodity.  Check out the difference between using paper and hemp.  Hemp is better all around, for environment, cost, everything and why is it they use paper and not hemp, that is right money!!!  It is crazy, but the government does not put laws in place (like alcohol and tobacco) to look out for you, so the fact that it has never caused a death is unimportant to them, the important fact is that it would be easy for people to grow their own and then the government would not make any money with it so it has to be illegal.  Sucks right, you have to love our for the money by the money government!!!
626997
I'll tell you a secret the government doesn't want you to know.  Not all smokers die of lung cancer at an early age.  In fact, not all of them get it.  Some people actually smoke all their lives and develop no health problems at all and still live to a ripe old age.  Oh, sure, people do get sick from it, but not everyone.  Yeah, odds are you'll live to 40 and well beyond.
90414
I knew all of the risks involved in smoking and started anyway because I simply just wanted to fit in.  Stupid I know, but I am proud to say that I quit smoking 2 years ago.  I also lost someone close to me to cancer.  It was my mother and she died of colon cancer.  She never smoked a day in her life.  Some people die from lung cancer and never smoke either.  Smoking is a highly addictive drug.  Even though people know what could happen to them, they just don't care anymore because the nicotine has control of them.  Its sad, but true.
1180900
1 word, money. They dont care about the public's health as long as they have the money. It does actually cause danger to the public who dont smoke, second hand smoke is a killer!
261298
I guess it is difficult for smokers to appreciate the impact on others as they are addicted and have to satisfy their addiction. It is for this reason that smoke-free workplaces have become mandatory and Governments are putting laws in place to ban smoking from pubs and clubs. On February 28, 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect. The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty. Countries that sign on as parties agree to a set of common goals, minimum standards for tobacco control policy, and to cooperate in dealing with cross-border challenges such as cigarette smuggling. Currently the WHO declares that 4 billion people will be covered by the treaty, which includes 92 signatories. Amongst other steps, signatories are to put together legislation that will eliminate second-hand smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor public places and, as appropriate, other public places.\n\nIt is not often appreciated that bars and restaurants are workplaces and people have to be exposed to tobacco smoke to earn a living. For that reason, I think that it would be better to patronise bars and restaurants that don't allow smoking rather than smoking so that you can breathe.
1169858
Maybe the way tobacco products are advertised and promoted needs to changed but ban it all together?  No.....it is a viable product and like most things if used in moderation by adults there is nothing wrong with it.  Plus as an after thought, if it was banned get ready to pay a lot more in taxes in general.  My state alone collects almost $30 million a year in cigarette taxes.  You think if they banned tobacco they would give up that $30 Million?  No way, it would made up in higher gas, sales, and/or property taxes.
392529
contributes to many types of cancer, emphazymia and other breathing problems. Besides the fact that cigarettes are really expensive and addicting and makes you smell bad. It also affects the people around you.
222067
Real question is:  Why do tobbaco purchases pay high taxes for the benefit of everyone <building stadiums, and governement buildings> and then the government bans smokers from using the facilites they pay for?\n\nPS Diana Reeves dies from using the experimental stem cell research medicine that Christopher Reeves used ... she was the primary care giver and exposed herself to untested substances which gave her lung cancer.
437158
Main reason is addiction and some people I know wouldn't quit even if they got sick.\n\nAnd yes it's really cool to fill your lungs with tar and not be able to breath and have a very slow and painful death (note the sarcasm)