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Originally posted by RatedG²
That argument is weak. It's like saying in a country full of rapists, the legislators shouldn't make laws against it because people are already doing it
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Cigarettes are extremely addictive, but millions of people smoke them because it's legal. If one day they were suddenly outlawed, many, many people would go into withdrawal. They would then either experience health problems or start to buy them illegally. In that case, smokers would be maintaining the same health risks; the only difference would be that the government wouldn't be making money from them anymore.
That's the logical reason why cigarettes are legal in America. It has nothing to do with rape, which is MUCH different than smoking.