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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
More vices are getting legal because making them illegal makes the crime world rich and has the opposite effect of curbing use. Portugal decriminalized drug use and worked hard to make it easy to seek help, treatment and to be able to be a functioning member of society. It has greatly decreased drug abuse. The thing is, there is a difference between different drugs, alcohol if abused can have severe consequences. Cigars don't have a lower limit of use that doesn't affect people negatively. Secondhand smoke is terrible. Basically tobacco is worse for you than alcohol but alcohol is not good either. Curbing advertisement of unhealthy drugs and making it easy to seek help feels like the best option.
gpt
I don't think is relevant for tobacco though. It's not a drug that prevents you from functioning normally. You can drive and operate heavy machinery while smoking. It's addictive and feels good, but not *that much*. Sucking dick for a cigarette would be like sucking dick for a coke. It's just not worth it. If it would be made illegal, *some* people would still get illegal cigarettes, but the majority of smokers would simply say fuck it.