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Some places are trying to ban e-cigarettes even though they are proven to reduce harm from actual cigarettes. However, some cannot get over the fact that an e-cigarette still looks too much like smoking a real cigarette and want them banned.

With all the dangers that smoking cigarettes conjure, have we finally found a "safer" alternative? The electronic form is already banned in some countries (mainly for monetary purposes). It doesn't violate any laws.

As smokers, we learn early on to put up a mental wall of denial between our smoking habit and the harsh reality of the damage we're inflicting on ourselves with every cigarette smoked. We tell ourselves lies that allow us smoke with some level of comfort. This is a list of reasons to quit smoking along with other reasons as to why we smoke. It offers outside links to related searches. It also includes facts on how much smoking can cost the average smoker and healthcare.

Cigarette smilking and the exposeure of tobacco smoke has killed over 444,000 infants. This is an estimation each year.

Tabacco good for the economy,so should everyone take up smoking because it is a profitable tax.

This article talks about the legalization of marijuana and the gross annual income it can raise if legalized. If marijuana was taxed like cigarettes or alcohol, the annual income could be around 6 million dollars. This could be a key factor on getting the country out of debt and finding cures in diseases.

As bans on smoking sweep the USA, an increasing number of employers - primarily hospitals - are also imposing bans on smokers. They won't hire applicants whose urine tests positive for nicotine use, whether cigarettes, smokeless tobacco or even patches. Smokers are not only getting the cold shoulder from non-smokers it can now depend on whether they are able to get hired as well. Employers are now asking new hires if they are smokers or not, and if there is evidence in their urine of tobacco use it could damage their chances of getting hired.

Activists and meddling lawmakers have toyed with the idea of taxing certain foods and ingredients to curb obesity. Twinkie Tax inventor Kelly Brownell advocates "slapping high-fat, low-nutrition food with a substantial government 'sin' tax." According to him, certain foods are too "convenient, accessible, good-tasting ... and cheap." This article just gives insight into what lawmakers want to do to curb obesity within our society. It is no longer alcohol and cigarettes that are causing damage to our bodies, but the food we consume too.

The University of Kentucky has recently become a smoke free campus. Campus monitors not only patrol the grounds for bad behavior but now looks for smokers. Monitors will ask the individual to put the cigarette out and provide a flyer on quitting.

Wow. That's awesome, although I'm sure that would be hard to monitor. UK is a big campus. Good for them for trying.

This article is about how smoking is a personal freedom that effects the many and not the few. It is a good public health verses personal freedoms

I believe that smoking should be kept away from others.

The only way to isolate the situation I believe would be to make cigarette illegal. The government will never let that happen though because of the amount of money tobacco produces for them. Until that day, we will still continue to see people suffer and die from smoking.