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S. 625, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
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Neil
This sounds like the first step to completely outlaw the sale of cigarettes in the United States. I hope this bill fails for the sake of basic freedom. I don't smoke but I think tobacco sales should be legal and unregulated. How can the FDA approve cigarettes for sale to the public if cigarettes are not a safe product? You can't make a safe cigarette. We should have the right to do things that are unhealthy if we so choose.
Shawn
Its prohibition creeping in all over. This only leads to a war on drugs. Do we really want the violence and the crime associated with more prohibition? They just want to open a new front to the war on drugs. I say no more prohibition and draw the line here and tell the drug war profiteers that America will no longer be selling liberty to the prison system for a profit.
Bill
Look at the backers of this bill. Americans that enjoy freedom have no where to turn.
John
I am appalled at the Republican sponsors of this bill. It is social legislation spawned by those who think we all need to be cared for by the government. I smoke cigars, know the risks, and accept them. Get the government off my back!
Shawn
Americans have little hope left of being free from the grip of prohibition. This bill is the tip of the ice burg.
George
Freedom to smoke, perhaps. Freedom to impose smoking's harms and costs on non-smokers, no. Freedom of corporations to deceive customers, strongly no. Food and drug makers must explicitly disclose risks and dangerous ingredients. Cigarette makers should be required do the same.
Brad
I don't really see the point of this bill. It really doesn't appear to much that hasn't been done already.
smith
This bill has as much constitutional authority as the laws that prohibit the consumption of certain drugs. None. When you have to ask your government "is it ok if I eat this, drink this, or smoke this?" you are not free in the least.
Amy
The freedom to smoke, sure! As long as you are willing to pay for the healthcare costs that you are imposing on the rest of us! I don't want to pay for your healthcare costs through government funds or insurance allocations.
Brian
Since we're concerned about the costs of unhealthy lifestyles to the rest of us, let's introduce a bill that mandates how much every American must weigh in proportion to their height, too.
Matt
John says 'he knows' the risks of smoking. But most smokers do not. And most have not saved enough money to pay for their, their children's, and their coworkers health care costs related to their smoking. There are currently over $9 in health care costs for each pack of cigarettes sold in the US. Most smokers don't put $9 of savings towards future health care for each pack of cigarettes smoked.