Let's just ban smoking

[Hamilcar]

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/12/9725176/smoking-bans-public-housing

Stats are compelling.

[mongers]

No.

[The Minsky Moment]

Can't be done.
Keep pushing and the tobacco companies will come up with a smokable gun.  2nd amendment, baby.

[crazy canuck]

We essentially have that here now - except for the private property bit.  We even have a ban for recreational outdoor areas and beaches.

[crazy canuck]

Can't be done.
Keep pushing and the tobacco companies will come up with a smokable gun.  2nd amendment, baby.

[Tonitrus]

Just start making tobacco brownies instead.

[Hamilcar]

Can't be done.
Keep pushing and the tobacco companies will come up with a smokable gun.  2nd amendment, baby.

Let's go into business.

[Jacob]

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/12/9725176/smoking-bans-public-housing

Stats are compelling.

Not fond of tobacco smoke at all, but banning it will just increase profits for organized crime, with all the problems that entail.

[Tonitrus]

Yeah...and we're pretty much already doing the legalized marijuana approach with tax-and-regulate.

Keep it banned in public places, have help for those who want to quit easily available, and let those who want to stink/die do their thing.

[Martinus]

Relax , Hami. You will probably die of heart attack or prostate cancer anyway.

[MadImmortalMan]

The smell of cigarette smoke is permeating my house right now. I don't understand it. I don't smoke, nobody else is here, it must be coming from outside. Strange.

[crazy canuck]

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/12/9725176/smoking-bans-public-housing

Stats are compelling.

Not fond of tobacco smoke at all, but banning it will just increase profits for organized crime, with all the problems that entail.

The proposal is not to ban tobacco but rather to ban smoking indoors.  We are pretty much there in this city.  People can smoke all they want in their own homes - unless their home is in a strata which bans smoking. 

[Jacob]

The proposal is not to ban tobacco but rather to ban smoking indoors.  We are pretty much there in this city.  People can smoke all they want in their own homes - unless their home is in a strata which bans smoking.

Ah ok.

[Monoriu]

Prohibition on drugs and alcohol was attempted, and it didn't work. 

[Razgovory]

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/12/9725176/smoking-bans-public-housing

Stats are compelling.

Not fond of tobacco smoke at all, but banning it will just increase profits for organized crime, with all the problems that entail.

That's a lousy argument.  It can be made for nearly anything.  Guns, Child Pornography, ham sandwiches, etc