Hey all,

I recently Put up a Petition at petitionspot.com, its name is Make Tobacco Illegal, the name says it all

My goal is a million signatures, which is big, and i was wondering if anyone here dislikes tobacco and these big companies like Phillip J Morris who have people killed by their products just to make a buck, heres your chance to make a change

5 minutes to sign and sign, thats nothing compared to time that could be saved if this petition marks a hole somwhere

the link is here
http://www.petitionspot.com/members/petiti...?petition=28101

and if your not so sure about signing, below is a few facts about tobacco

Tobacco IS just as bad as weed or any other drug that you buy off a drug dealer, in fact, its worse because its legal, its not good with such a disgusting thing legal


Think about this, would you ever even swallow this junk?
Cyanide ( Poisonous chemical)
Nail Polish Remover
Rat Poop
Well guess what, every time you chew, spit, or light one up, your swallowing a dose of that s*it
and so is your best friend without the filter

How would you like having a really bad cough all day for the rest of your life, looking and smelling terrible, and passing out going on 10 flights of stairs.

Well these are all in a Marlboro, or a Camel, or Parliament, they all cause these effects

If your still not satisfied, dont sign, noones pushign you, and noone rant here, theres no point in it

I agree smoking is a bad habit but then there are a lot of other bad habits in this world I dislike more. Good luck with being the do-gooder but you are not getting my signature.

Hmm...

I often debate with myself on drug legalization. On one hand, it is your body and your choice. On the other side, it's very unhealthy and is making big companies millions of dollars for human suffering.

For now I remain neutral on this issue and will not sign any petitions for or against drug illegalization.

EDIT: Just so you know, your link to your petition does not work.

This post has been edited by uiop: Jun 5 2006, 03:18 AM

I agree that Tobacco should be illegal, but I do agree with the point "It's your body, do what you want with it". I think that it should be ok to smoke in your own home, but no where else. That way it doesn't put as many people in danger.

I think 1 million signatures will be way to hard to achieve. It's unlikely that 1 million people will ever visit your page. I agree with you that smoking is a bad habit, I think its worse than weed. In fact the only reason pot smokers **** up their health so much is because of the tobacco that they smoke with it, and also the fact that some of them become to lazy to look after themselves and live a lifestyle that is very unhealthy.

Do you really think this will do anything? Do you really think the government gives a damn if tobacco is as "bad" as weed and whatever? No, sorry, they don't. The main reason marijuana isn't legal is because they can't control it, and/or make enough money off of it.

Good luck with that, though. *didn't read the post*

The government won't make tobacco illegal because they make so much money off it. If it wasn't for that, the increased cost of healthcare (in Canada, anyways), along with the lobbying of the nonsmoking population, tobacco would have been made illegal a long time ago.

Everything is about money. Whether you like it or not, thats the way the human mind works, and its impossible to change, especially within a huge entity such as a government, trying to shut down an even bigger entity of the production/market of/for tobacco. Unfortunately, its just not going to happen..

well the health system here in australia spends way too much money treating the results of smokers addictions and it takes money away from other things which could save others lives. I don\'t think it should be made illegal, just that people can only smoke on their own property, and it should certainly be illegal to smoke in the same room/car/space as children, they don\'t have a voice to speak up against it.

i do agree with SarCasM.the key reason is on "money",who would like to drop the big making money,so no ban forever.