Will Deeming Regs Hit The Grassroots Smoker?

[mso489]

Seems like the old boys who did dirt track racing in southwest Missouri didn't wear seat belts arriving in their trucks with their race cars on trailers, but when they got into the cars for the race, they belted up.

 

[Eaglesgift]

Well to play the devil’s advocate (I never do that) the reason for seatbelt laws is people getting into car accidents, becoming disabled, and the state then being responsible for them. The idea is that seatbelts prevent head injuries therefore reducing the state’s end cost in the event of an accident.

Same with smoking. How many people receiving government assistance or free healthcare smoke? This costs the government money, and they don’t like that.

I remember the argument about the cost of smoking-related diseases coming up very often in the 80s and it was completely fallacious. I can't remember the exact figures but I know the ratio is about right. It was something like this:

In the UK in the mid 80s it was estimated that smokers cost the NHS around £80 million a year. However, those same smokers were paying £600 million a year in tobacco taxes so they were a net benefit not a burden.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Well to play the devil’s advocate (I never do that) the reason for seatbelt laws is people getting into car accidents, becoming disabled, and the state then being responsible for them. The idea is that seatbelts prevent head injuries therefore reducing the state’s end cost in the event of an accident.

Same with smoking. How many people receiving government assistance or free healthcare smoke? This costs the government money, and they don’t like that.

There's always two sides to everything. Good point.

 

[pappymac]

And to think, many of those wanting to make tobacco illegal are also advocating making marijuana legal.

 

[kurtbob]

I'm thinking its all a slow march to tobacco becoming unavailable.. I doubt it will ever become illegal. It will be such a pain in the ass to deal with all the regulations that companys will just go away. This might happen pretty fast.. no one has the back of the smoker. When seatbelts became mandatory for grown ass men, that's when you could have seen this coming. A trend of laws to protect people from themselves..

But keep it clear, its not about pipes, cigars or cigarettes.. It's about a tobacco free world.

Sadly, I think George Carlin nailed it on the head years ago. When he pointed out that “Americans are always willing to trade a little piece of freedom to feel secure”

 

[BROBS]

And to think, many of those wanting to make tobacco illegal are also advocating making marijuana legal.

It’s called Cannabis and it’s only a matter of time.

 

[Old School 3319]

It’s called Cannabis and it’s only a matter of time.

Just a question do you inhale cannabis? I am seriously asking because I have never smoke cannabis. And will it give you cancer?

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I'm for Legalizing cannabis, but you can't deny the hypocrisy.

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

I'm suddenly reminded of something I've occasionally run across over the years, about motorcyclists in accidents with helmets getting more neck injuries, while those riding without were getting more head injuries. Somehow they never seemed to state anything about the numbers or proportions involved.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Somehow they never seemed to state anything about the numbers or proportions involved.

There's a lot more of this going around latley.

 

[BROBS]

I'm suddenly reminded of something I've occasionally run across over the years, about motorcyclists in accidents with helmets getting more neck injuries, while those riding without were getting more head injuries. Somehow they never seemed to state anything about the numbers or proportions involved.

How about here it’s legal to ride a motorcycle with no helmet but illegal to drive a car without a seatbelt on. ?

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

How about here it’s legal to ride a motorcycle with no helmet but illegal to drive a car without a seatbelt on. ?

Hey, you can ride in the bed of a truck in Alabama.. but If you're in the cab, you gotta have a seat belt.

 

[BROBS]

Just a question do you inhale cannabis? I am seriously asking because I have never smoke cannabis. And will it give you cancer?

Anything can give you cancer if you irritate tissues etc with it. You could give yourself skin cancer by constantly picking at a spot.
It can either be smoked or consumed in edible form.
It’s a lot more pure of an item than tobaccos... especially the tobacco-paper hybrid used to fill cigarettes.

 

[BROBS]

Hey, you can ride in the bed of a truck in Alabama.. but If you're in the cab, you gotta have a seat belt.

Same here. ?
Gotta be sitting tho. It’s all about safety.

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

Hey, you can ride in the bed of a truck in Alabama.. but If you're in the cab, you gotta have a seat belt.

Do you remember the Subaru Brat? They had lower import duties if they came off the RORO ship with more seats (or something like that), thus the rear-facing plastic seats in the front of the bed with the handles sticking up for the rear passengers to hang on to.

 

[BROBS]

Do you remember the Subaru Brat? They had lower import duties if they came of the RORO ship with more seats (or something like that), thus the rear-facing plastic seats in the front of the bed with the handles sticking up for the rear passengers to hang on to.

It takes a certain type of golf-playing, polo-wearing, flattop-having, visor and cargo short, and Birkenstock wearing woman to drive one of those.

 

[Mr.Mike]

It takes a certain type of golf-playing, polo-wearing, flattop-having, visor and cargo short, and Birkenstock wearing woman to drive one of those.

Sounds like your writing your autobiography ?

 

[BROBS]

I’m not that kind of lady. ?

 

[3rdguy]

How about here it’s legal to ride a motorcycle with no helmet but illegal to drive a car without a seatbelt on. ?

We are one of the last states like that. Makes me want to buy the governor a motorcycle.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

It takes a certain type of golf-playing, polo-wearing, flattop-having, visor and cargo short, and Birkenstock wearing woman to drive one of those.

A lady gym teacher, you mean.