Posted on 06/28/2010 6:33:19 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Just over one-out-of-four Americans (26%) continue to believe cigarette smoking should be against the law in this country, a finding that's changed little from previous surveys. Sixty-three percent (63%) disagree and say smoking should not be outlawed, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
Interestingly, even 18% of those who currently smoke think their habit should be illegal. Thirty percent (30%) of those who have never smoked agree.
But Americans are inclined to think that government pressure won't change smokers' habits. Forty-five percent (45%) say more government regulation of tobacco is at least somewhat likely to reduce the number of smokers, but 51% think that's unlikely. These findings include 17% who say the increased regulation is Very Likely to cut down on the number of smokers and 15% who say it is Not At All Likely to do so.
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Go figure!
Smoking will never be outlawed. Think of all the tax $$$ that’ll be lost. Ever notice that there’s stiffer criminal penalties for “smuggling” cigarettes from a low tax state into a high tax state, or selling cigarettes you bought at an Indian reservation than there is for possession of pot.
One feels good, the other makes big profits.
A nice short Wiki article on the support moralists and criminals have FOR each other.
I guarantee that the majority of that 26% are the same ones who cry “KEEP YOUR LAWS OFF MY BODY!”
Obama would never ban cigs, he likes them too much plus it would be too many lost votes. We’ll never ban cigarettes, we might making growing tobacco plants illegal though...
Obama would never ban cigs, he likes them too much plus it would be too many lost votes. We’ll never ban cigarettes, we might making growing tobacco plants illegal though...
I’d be interested in a study/survey of people on whether or not cigarettes should be outlawed, followed up with a question of whether or not marijuana should be legalized.
If government just stopped protecting the tobacco industry, it would be sued out of existance in a very short time. But they will never let that happen, because they want that tax money.
Obama would never ban cigs.. for himself.
I don’t think he’d even blink about banning them for everyone else lol.
But but*f*ng should be celebrated.
Sometimes you gotta shock to get a point across.
I’m surprised the number isn’t much higher.
Remember, Chicago Aldermen are the only ones who are allowed to have firearms in Chicago.
Because we can believe everything we read on Wikipedia...
I agree. I mean, history shows us that banning a legal drug has never led to problems. Right?
I agree. I mean, history shows us that banning a legal drug has never led to problems. Right?
I’d almost guarantee that the 26% who want to ban cigs are the same people who also want to ban trans-fats, salt in food, and non-”energy efficient” lightbulbs.
The “cultural elite” greatly desire to set up a feudal system with neo-nobility and a peasant class,
each with a different set of rules and privileges.
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