Smokers Beware

The thing that urks me about tobacco as a substance, is that you don't get anything out of it, other than a short lapse in time before withdrawal.

I think that this is the most overlooked and largest bearing factor in this debate. It's just a stupid drug that has nearly as many and as serious negative side effects as some narcotics that are already outlawed, so why the hell not? At least with other addictive drugs that are outlawed narcotics, like cocaine or ******, you'll sustain a high and get something out of it for your money.

Truth be told, in the end, people who use tobacco, spend as much, if not more money, by the end of their shortened life, when compared to users/ purchasers of life shortening narcotics. It's just strung out over a longer period of time.

So why not? We can look at both sides of the coin, but if you want to call this a liberty of sorts, which I suppose it is, you have the liberty to spend money on it now, why not lift other bans, like cannabis and other illegal drugs/ narcotics and let people moderate themselves? How far do we go in either direction?