It's already banned in many public places - but should smoking be against the law?

Hi there, as much as we all know that smoking is bad for the health, it won't be wise to make it illegal. It's a habit for those who practice it, the same can be said for any other habit such as chewing tobacco or drinking alcohol.

The government won't dare risk an uprising by completely banning cigarette smoke, maybe a solution would be to have designated smoking areas in and around every city.

Scamfender:
It's already banned in many public places - but should smoking be against the law?

There is NO redeeming value of any description to be obtained by burning tobacco in order to inhale toxic nicotine-rich fumes produced by combustion of that worthless plant matter. Anyone who attempts to identify one single benefit accruing from that stinky and disgusting addiction of cigarette puffing, is either a poor liar, a pathetic ignoramus, or both.

By placing an absolute nationwide ban on the sale and possession of ALL tobacco products, while imposing heavy cash fines or even jail time on anyone apprehended burning that nasty leaf in cigarette form, the Nigerian government would in one fell swoop eradicate one of society's most medically destructive addictions, and in so doing, save thousands of lives, along with millions of dollars in healthcare costs no longer incurred due to that entirely pointless habit of smoking tobacco. By making tobacco legally unavailable in Nigeria, entire generations of young people will no longer be faced with the temptation to become cigarette addicts and future lung-cancer patients, and the nation would be better for it.


Marijuana, on the other hand, which has a proven record of delivering a wide variety of provable health benefits, ranging from cancer prevention to chemotherapy patient appetite restoration and seizure prevention, should be DE-criminalized in Nigeria, just as is the case in Holland and several states in the USA, so that scientific research exploring the healing properties of marijuana can be intensified with a view to establishing Nigeria as a world renowned supplier and exporter of medical grade cannabis.