Every year, thousands of people worldwide die from both smoking tobacco and involuntarily breathing it in.Dispite this,I do not agree that it should be made illegal.However,I also believe that there should be a regulation on its use,considering its harms to helth.
It is irrefutable that tobacco products, especially cigarettes,could cause lung cancer,health disease and other illnesses.Drug abuse also has many potentially harmful effects not only on individuals but also on family,friends,work and society.Frequent drug users may turn to crime to meet the increasing expense for their habit.Continude drug use may cause personality changes.some users lose intrest in school or work,or have difficulty meeting the responsibilities of a job or family.
Nonetheless, it costs society far more to prohibit a drug than it does to regulate it.And I am not talking about just money.Prohibition creates organized crime,and with it you get street wars and police curruption. With more violence comes more police and that means more cost.Regulation on the other hand,works quite well.The government should decide who gets to make it,who sells it and who it is sold to.There should be control on tobacco regarding pegarding potency,packaging,advertising and a lot of things.This is definitely better than banning a drug which leads to organized crime.
Moreover,tobacco has long been a source of money for the governments in many countries.This income comes from taxes on the manufactured products.Excise taxes also come from tobacco that arrives from other countries.Ibelieve that it is better to educate people about the harms of tobacco.This approach has worked better in many countries and there has been a reduction in the sale of tobacoo products.
To recapitulate,i pan down saying that,one of the main responsibilities of any government is to ensure the safety of its population but banning tobacco is not the only option.Drug prohibition has been the most failed social policy and banning tobacco is a step backwords.However,there should be control on the manufacturing and sale of tobacco.
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