Which Industry? $35.1 billion each year
Anti Cigarette Prohibition Annie Zircher
Legal or Illegal?
America Needs Cigarettes We have freedom Provides for our economy If illegal, a black market would be created
Individual Right to Privacy The government has no right to tell us what to put into our bodies.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Freedom to make our own decisions.
Issue: Secondhand Smoke Nonsmokers shouldn’t have to suffer so… Their increasing laws that limit smoking in public areas and smoking in cars with children.
Cigarettes are Important for our Economy
Unfortunately… Medical costs from smoking are higher than the profit from cigarettes sold. =Lost Productivity
However… Over 700,000 jobs in the cigarette industry. 1.6 million U.S adults are supported from this industry.
Black Market
Smokers will smoke cigarettes whether they’re illegal or not. The Law won’t stop them because of the addiction they create.
Violence = Prison
Prescription drugs and/or therapy are often needed to treat addiction. Tax money often covers this creating lost productivity.
Comparable to 18 th Amendment Prohibition of Alcohol Resulted in a failure just like prohibition of cigarettes would
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