Comments by "Robert Smith" (@journeyon1983) on "Time to Ban Tobacco?" video.
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Ban tobacco? No! Even though I haven't smoked since 1988, having the mindset of banning tobacco just doesn't make any sense. Alcohol kills just like tobacco so why not ban alcohol too? Ridiculous right? I think people ought to choose whether they wan't to smoke or not. And in the video, I guess you can now get your nicotine in the form of vapor e-cigs, chewing nicotine gum, and so on.
Here are some fact about alcohol:
Alcohol linked to 75000 US deaths a year - NBC News
source: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6089353/ns/health-addictions/t/alcohol-linked-us-deaths-year/#.VGQJriPF9O4
Drinking too much can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) each year in the United States from 2006 – 2010, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
source: http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/alcohol-use.htm
And worldwide:
2.5 Million Alcohol-Related Deaths Worldwide- Annually
Source: https://ncadd.org/in-the-news/155-25-million-alcohol-related-deaths-worldwide-annually
So, should be ban alcohol now Thom?
Think of all the jobs that will be lost...
Also, CVS Pharmacy has made the choice to no longer sell tobacco products so if tobacco products are to go by the wayside, let it be done at the local level or let it be a choice like CVS. Heck I've driven from Connecticut to Florida a couple of times and I remembered wanting to buy some beer and then stay at a hotel to rest up but no, it was a dry area and I'm told dry areas exist all over America. So I say let's just leave it alone Thom. Again, I have to disagree with you when you talk about tobacco. Your arguments just don't hold up. I agree with the caller, Jeff Stier, on all points talked about.
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