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This has been an issue for a long time. It would tell how bad Tobacco is and how many people die from smoking or chewing tobacco.

I feel like something someday will kill us all. We should all have personal freedom to decide to be around drugs, alcohol or tobacco. So many products now days have serious chemicals in it we probably dont even realize the air is so polluted and slowly killing us.

Rules and laws in specific states regarding cigarette smoke. Also, the effects and news of the fight to ban tobacco.

Correspondence to: Dr James E Katz Rutgers University, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA; jimkatzscils.rutgers.edu Efforts to control environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) could be assisted if the tobacco control movement gave greater emphasis to the issue of individual rights.

The website includes information about the harmfulness of secondhand smoke. It gives specific statistics on how much secondhand has taken affect on society. The whole website also gives a lot more information on how harmful tobacco is in general as well.

Obesity and unhealthy habits are a huge social issue in the world today, especially in The United States. Obesity is one of the highest causes of deaths in that U.S right along side tobacco use. A time passes on even more GMO and artificial food with be introduced into the world only making it worse.

This sort of problem is only made worse when unhealthy foods are more accessible to the poor than the healthy alternatives. This is done simply because it is more profitable to make things like fast food easier to repeatedly buy.

There are many pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. This site gives a bit of more information on what these pros and cons are. For example, Marijuana is no more harmful to a person's health than alcohol or tobacco, which are both legal and widely used, and regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and Some Americans believe that marijuana ingestion is immoral, and that their moral standards should be required of all Americans.

Article stating both sides of legalizing marijuana. Talks from several perspectives

Some of the pros of legalizing marijuana are that it can be taxed, law enforcement could be doing more productive things with their time and that whether one smokes it should be their own decision. Some of the cons include that marijuana could possibly lead to other drugs and that long term use could be harmful.

Information regarding Arizona's smoke Laws. Help is offered for those willing to quit.

The article focuses on different studies done to see if there are negative effects of using cannabis. Negative effects in the brain for teens and a long term effect on concentrating and learning new things is discussed. The news is not all bad though, it may even reduce chances of cancer in tobacco smokers.

This website summarizes all of the colleges that have banned smoking on their campuses. It also explains why so many colleges are deciding to ban tobacco on campuses nationwide. This website takes the side that banning smoking on college campuses is a positive.

This article takes the side against being allowed to smoke in public places. The author argues that smoking may be a personal choice for the smoker, but not the people around them inhaling the second hand smoke. It also speaks of the negative influence it could have on children.

Recently the Albany County Legislature passed a law banning the sale of cigarettes at pharmacies. Keep in mind that this law does not ban the sale of cigarettes throughout Albany County, but instead takes aim at a specific retailers. The sponsors of the bill feel that it is hypocritical for pharmacies, and markets that have pharmacies like Price Chopper, ShopRite and Hannaford, to sell these products. Many pharmacies have already made the decision to not sell cigarettes. Many grocery stores with pharmacies have already eliminated cigarette displays. If a smoker wants to buy cigarettes and is unable to do so while shopping at a supermarket or pharmacy, he or she will simply go to a convenience store where selling of tobacco products is legal. Legislators once again believe they can make better choices than you, by restricting the sale of legal products.

People are outraged at how employers are now not hiring qualified candidates because of there personal habits which contain any form of tobacco. Not only are employers not allowing it on there property but requiring employees to pass urine tests in order to prove they are living a more healthy lifestyle which includes being a non-smoker. Where will the line be drawn and how far will employers be able to tip toe towards the infringing on the Americans Civil rights.

this article explains how porn is dangerously increasing more extreme versions. like alcohol and tobacco can increase a little bit more to get a "buzz". destroys tolerence.