Legal Smoking Age Options

[tkproduce]

Thought I might as well have one on smoking as there's one on drinking.
Most of Europe the legal age is 16.
I believe it's 20 or 21 in the States.
I had my first one when I was 13 or 14, but I never got addicted, although I have a few sometimes with my friends.

[*Kathleen*]

well the answer you gave me was pretty obvious and I would have worked that out myself... sorry, I'm not trying to be rude here.

Yea, the problem with banning them is that not only will there be a repeat of prohibition which would cause an increase in crime, a lot of economies are supported by the tabacco industry and that's why governments have always been reluctant to listen to health activists.

Did you want me to go in to complete detail? You were asking pretty simple questions...Anyways, I never said to ban them completely, although I'm against it. Yes, it helps the economy, but still, it disgusts me very much. To think that people actually smoke these cancer sticks (practically) and not give a care in the world. Yes, there are people that are older now who can't stop smoking, but that's only because they weren't warned about it. Now, you have ads everywhere about how smoking is horrible for you; they still don't listen because they're stupid. I don't think it should be banned completely (as I said, prohibition, and fall of economy), but at least make it legal at an age so that people are mature enough to decide and whatnot, which I think, is older than twenty-one. There will still be teenagers that smoke, mind you, but for those people I could care less for - they can go ruin their lives for all I care...that's their decision. I just don't want to be affected whatsoever by getting second hand smoke.