Obama's Cigarette Banning

[Rollerderby]

If you have not been paying attention to the news, or perhaps don't live in the States, Obama has been working on healthcare for the states, and using tax hikes on cigarettes to pay for it.

Now, I was annoyed when cigarette sales doubled. But I got over it. I was annoyed when my own state's tax increased and added a tax to beer and wine, but I got over it.

Now candy flavored cigarettes, or tobacco that includes spice will be banned from America. The reason being is that he feels it will make smoking "less sexy" to underage kids. That these products exist to lure in small children to the smoking world.

As a clove cigarette smoker, I lost it. I only smoke Djarum Black's. I dabbled in normal nicotine, but truthfully, I just prefer that spice. I never smoked before 18, and when I did, I chose cloves. Now, I am left to contend with Phillip Morris awfulness.

This is bullshit. It seems rather clear to me that this is more a legislative piece to create a monopoly on cigarettes and generate more money for the country at the expense of the smoker. Not to mention during the recession. Now you want to take away my small joy of smoking in order to cope?

I feel that this country has become less and less democratic with the ages. Restricting freedoms and choices seem to be the norm after 9/11, and it doesn't seem like it is going in the other direction anytime soon. If anything, people are just allowing and accepting their freedoms to be restricted.

I want the ability to make my own choices about what I choose to put in my body and not. Isn't that my ****ing constitutional right? I hate the governmental parent. But cigarettes will never be illegal. Not as long as you have such wealthy companies such as Phillip Morris and RJ Reynolds. Clove smokers take up maybe 5% of the population. And they are not sold in easily accessable stores. Head shops, tobacco shops, all of which regulate smoking very intensely. Everyone who smoked before 18, that I know, smoked mainstream cigs. It's not the candy, and cloves are less addicting, even if they are worse for you. I maybe smoke one a day and have since I was 18, which is a hell of a lot less than regular cigarettes, which are immensely more addictive.

I want my country to stop taking shit away from me. Small restrictions lead to larger ones in time.

[Illusional]

this is why i only drink...

raverboy

[miSSleepy]

Well, sorry that you want to eff up your health, but getting a few smokers angry is an OK price to pay for preventing new ones taking it up. Those around second-hand smoke and family members dying from cancers don't have much of a say either.

As for the reasons for this, I wouldn't have a clue. But this constitutional, democratic, free speech crap doesn't exist properly anyway

[LadieNisha4u2nv]

I think weed being illegal is bullshit when cigarettes are legal. I have never heard in the history of history that people get cancer from weed.

Legalize weed! Pass di dutchie pon di left hand side! LOL

[CocoChanel]

I see nothing wrong with it. Go for it OBAMA!!

[CocoChanel]

Besides... I think more money going towards providing health care for those who really need it, is more important than the happiness of a smoker... consciously and gratefully killing themselves.

[Mish]

Tax it all. Whatever makes women give up smoking sounds good to me. I once dated a girl who smoked who was nice if it wasn't for her yellow teeth because she smoked like a chimney. I couldn't bring myself to kiss her. Eeeeew. How disgusting.

[Petit Papillon]

If You don`t want to kill Yourself then stop to breathe. Nowadays everything, even air kills... Talking that cigarettes are killing is bullshit... If you`re talking bout cancer, it`s genetic issue not cigarettes,alco or whatever...
And weed stinks and I can`t stop to talk about imaginary things... And... Od wodki rozum krotki , so die die die, all people die ,because everything kills

[miSSleepy]

wow. You don't seriously believe that, do you?

[BoredGeorge]

Smoking harms your health, Obama wants to pay for healthcare. Sounds fair that he reduces his costs. Ban McDonalds too, in my opinion.

[Lipp]

No problem with using a part of the problem to fund the solution.

[Gribble]

I don't think cigarettes should be illegal. I just think they should tax the mother ****ing hell out of you smokers. Not only that, but you should pay an enormous premium for healthcare. I mean, through the ****ing roof. If you can't afford it, well, I guess you can't afford to smoke.

Sorry if I sound like an asshole but I have zero respect for smokers under the age of 40. You knew better before you got yourself addicted. Pay your own medical bills and keep that disgusting shit away from me. That means no smoking in bars, restaurants, or even street corners.

[Doc Durian]

Obama needs to get his hand off of his dick and head out of his arsehole. As a constitutional "scholar", he's making decisions for us which he has no legal right to do. He pushes it far enough and there will be a dissolution of the union which even he and his puppet masters couldn't have conceived of.

And for all the mindless socialists who felt like commenting in this thread, watch your step. Your kind, in the future, will be the first to cop what's due you.

Don't push your personal opinions or agendas on others.

[miSSleepy]

This thread STARTED with personal opinions and agendas.

[Charlie Boy II]

I've been into the coffin nails lately. I've got to cut it out.