Tobacco

Tobacco should not be legal. It is very dangerous to your health. Every year, close to 443,600 people in the U.S. die from illnesses related to tobacco use. Smoking tobacco causes one in five deaths. Smoking is responsible for about nine out of ten lung cancer deaths. Lung cancer is one of the most deadly cancers. Smoking cigarettes kills more Americans than car accidents, AIDS, alcohol, suicide, homicide, and illegal drugs combined. Tobacco contributes to the risk of getting over eleven different cancers, including pharynx and pancreas cancer. As a society, legalizing tobacco would be a bad thing. It would greatly reduce the life expectancy rate and the quality of life. While the tobacco industry brings a lot of money to the government, the money is not worth the price of life. Legalizing tobacco because it is already used excessively is a ridiculous idea. It only promotes the usage of this horrible thing. I believe that the government should make all tobacco illegal.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/DEBATE/myths/myths7.htm
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2X_Cigarette_Smoking.asp?sitearea=PED
http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/2395/Legalization-ARGUMENTS-PRO-CON.html