if nicotine is more addictive than heroin or cocaine.why aren't cigarettes illegal?
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Because although it is more addictive, it is overall less dangerous because it doesn't disrupt your ability to reason or do daily things like drive. Unlike heroin or cocaine addicts that often are unable to reason against violence and other things.
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The way things are going they might be soon.
its not more addictive than heroin or cocaine! no way!
The governmanet makes money off cigarettes.
because tobacco companies pay a fortune to politicians to keep it legal.
b/c people are making too much money off of them!
they are getting more and more illegal in my state every day
Because they have a stronger lobby, and they've been part of the culture for longer.
I don't know if it is, but there is a lot of money and big business in cigarettes that have been established for a long time. Plus it is viewed as a less harmful thing by much of the common population.
There aren't any cocaine or heroin lobbyist like there are for cancer sticks.
Cigarettes never be illegal. Too much money made by government. If they were illegal people who smoked would save money. Be able to buy them a lot cheaper illegally.
because the government makes money off it! Same as alcohol baby.
The government is making a "killing"off of the taxes. Excuse the pun!
because the government gets paid to look the other way (taxes) and the huge amount of unemplyment they would have to pay if they suddenly shut all the places down that make them.
because of the lobbiest in washington paying politicians off. Tobacco has been a widely accepted product since the dawn of man.heroin and cocaine have too, but the lethality with heroin and cocaine are much more immediate than that of cigarettes. government gets huge $$$ from the taxes people pay on cigarettes.so they are part of the system that is not easily replaced..that's the thing.if that tax money goes away, then the government has to replace it with another source of income.
Nicotine should be illegal but its probably not just for the fact that its not a major threat to others.
The government needs are profit!!
1) Pure Nicotine is more addictive. Cigarettes aren't pure nicotine.
2) The tobacco companies still have allot of influence.
3) The people are already hooked.
4) The government relies on the tax revenue.
they are to available. i think becauseto many people are addicted , but im not sure cause alot of people are addicted to heroin and cocaine as well
because cigarettes do not impair people, basically, people don't get high after a smoke.
Then again alcohol is impairing, but look what happened when it because illegal (prohibition era).. If cigarettes become illegal, I think most of the country would go nuts.
I think nicotine is bad for you to but it is NOT more addictive than heroin or cocaine. If we went by that caffeine is just as addictive so lets make pop and coffee illegal as well. How about people addicted to alcohol? I am pretty sure making alcohol illegal has not worked in the past so probably not a good idea to try it again. It is a never ending vicious cycle but nicotine may be bad for you but it is NOT as addictive as those drugs.
because more people use them than use hard drugs, and while they are both bad for your health cigarettes don't have the same effect on your mind.
I'm not sure that I would agree that cigarettes are more addictive than heroin and coke, because do you don't see people stealing, killing, or prostituting themselves just to get a pack of smokes. Some people nick out, but it's not at the same level as a junkie looking for a fix.
Hard drugs cause more problems in society.
I know nicotine is not more addictive than heroin, maybe just snorting coke, not heroin. Just more government propaganda that the masses willingly follow like lost sheep. And illegal is just a sick bird anyway. Why aren't they unlawful? Money mostly the buzz is not that good the only way it really affects someones judgment is to make them smoke more. You really don't hear about to many crimes being spurred from nicotine addiction.
Mostly because of the big tobacco lobby in this country. If you haven't noticed, our Senators and Congress people are bought and paid for by big business.
It has never been about how dangerous they are, it's about money.
Cigarettes are not illegal for many reasons.They have always had lobbyists working on their behalf.It has been socially acceptable for a long period of time.It is part of our culture.No one has ever killed for a cigarette(that's excluding maybe prison).Although i do know that people have broken the law by selling and buying contraband cigs,that just isn't as much money to be made as there is with heroin.Heroin and cocaine also make people do mighty strange things like armed robbery,and murder.So as long as it is socially acceptable to smoke it will probably remain legal,but the law is gaining on cigarettes and it might eventually become a controlled substance.there is always hope.
Because they dont kill brain sells or make you crazy when you smoke them.they do not affect your behavior and your psyche like drugs do!
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