Cliff_m85 said:
AdamAK said:
Cliff_m85 said:
That's one of the dumbest things ever. So nicotine is good for you, does that mean you have to get it from cigarettes? I didn't think so. Using nicotine patches will give you the same result, all the while you don't inhale any tar and other crap.
It's derived from tobacco, so the argument still stands that there is a benefit to tobacco. Yes, you can get it from an addictive nicotine patch as well.
But being 'good for you' doesn't matter. It's about having the freedom to choose to ingest such chemicals. From a flavored or non-flavored cancer stick.
You only seem to be citing one part of the consumer's freedom. The consumer also has the freedom to be informed about the product they are purchasing. By adding the labels "low tar" or "lite," the tobacco companies are deliberately printing false advertising. Rarely does it occur where cigarette manufacturers actually reduce the amount of tar by lowering the amount of nicotine, nor do they make the cigarettes "lite"er, whatever that means.
Also, how many kids and teens who smoke do you think would still smoke if their only options where unflavored smokes that tasted like ashtrays? Kids have their own marketing demographic for a reason. They are only interested by immediate, non-abstract concepts, such as popularity by getting the latest, coolest gadget or exclusivity, like their own marketing demographic or TV network.
Because of that, I don't believe many kids would appreciate the concept of relaxation and calm via smoking, again, something that tastes like an ashtray. The only way they would smoke would be if there was something about the cigarettes whose rewards they could reap quick and easily, aka good-tasting, fruit-flavored cigarettes. The tobacco companies know this and therefore sell these flavored cigs that wouldn't appeal to anyone else other than kids. Unfortunately, the flavored cigarettes still have all of the health problems like lung and throat cancer and tar.
That's why Obama signed this bill, to restrict cigarette companies from pulling the wool over the eyes of the American consumer, not to restrict the freedom of the companies to sell their product.