Why Are Cigarettes Legal in This Country?

Question by likeomgwhateverdude: Why are cigarettes legal in this country?
Im not saying they shouldn’t be ….

BUT

the scheduling of all narcotics is based on how addictive they are, how dangerous they are to ones health, and weather or not they have any medical use. Cigarettes kill more people annually than every schedule one narcotic (heroin, cocaine, etc.) combined several times over.

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Answer by Q Continuum
The government has no right to ban something like that. Not that they wouldn’t do it anyway if they decided they want to…

Lots and lots of tax dollars come from cigarettes. They are very profitable for the government.

Answer by warren peace
because that is how obama is paying for his chips increase.then we pay billions to have people educated against them.gotta love them libs.

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