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By cjc1103 on 12/20/2010 9:10:39 AM , Rating: 1
Banning cigarettes will probably never happen, as there's too much money floating around. Tobacco companies make lots of money, states make lots of money in taxes, tobacco creates jobs (but at what cost to our health?), tobacco companies pay lobbyists to advance their cause, provide subsidies to tobacco farmers, and spread lies about their product.
You don't have to smoke, but it's addictive, and hard to stop. But the tobacco companies have a problem - their product kills people, and they need a constant supply of new customers to stay in business. Most people who smoke learned how when they were young, and easily influenced. So they market cigarettes to young people in order to renew their customer base.
What we need is to have a better anti-smoking program targeted at children in school, to show them the dangers of smoking, and stop them from starting.

