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BradleyJ on 23 April 2013

While I don't approve of cigarette smoking I also do not approve of prohibiting ADULTS from purchasing them. I also think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 for the same reason.



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BradleyJ on 23 April 2013
spurgeonryan said:
BradleyJ said:
While I don't approve of cigarette smoking I also do not approve of prohibiting ADULTS from purchasing them. I also think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 for the same reason.


Well drinking affects other peoples lives. Cigarettes, if done away from others, does not affect others as much. I am fine with 21 being the drinking age. Gives new adults time to actually grow up and be a little more responsible with their new powers.

If you want to give adults time to grow up enough to drink responsibly then the drinking age probably shouldn't begin until at the earliest 25, though that still seems far too early.



chris_wing on 23 April 2013
spurgeonryan said:
BradleyJ said:
While I don't approve of cigarette smoking I also do not approve of prohibiting ADULTS from purchasing them. I also think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 for the same reason.


Well drinking affects other peoples lives. Cigarettes, if done away from others, does not affect others as much. I am fine with 21 being the drinking age. Gives new adults time to actually grow up and be a little more responsible with their new powers.


A lot of evidence would suggest that people who have access to alcohal while young (Wine with special dinners, a beer here & there) are less likely to engage in dangerious binge drinking when they become of age.



outlawauron on 23 April 2013
spurgeonryan said:
BradleyJ said:
While I don't approve of cigarette smoking I also do not approve of prohibiting ADULTS from purchasing them. I also think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 for the same reason.


Well drinking affects other peoples lives. Cigarettes, if done away from others, does not affect others as much. I am fine with 21 being the drinking age. Gives new adults time to actually grow up and be a little more responsible with their new powers.

If only it was done away from others. Too many days of walking on a campus through smoke screens. >_>



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snyps on 23 April 2013

Question: When did new Yorkers become sheep? Answer: 9/11



badgenome on 23 April 2013

I know they get off on banning things, but maybe it would save time if they just tell New Yorkers what they are permitted to do.



Weedlab on 23 April 2013

I'm not in favor of consuming any of these items to tell you the truth. However, I'm not entirely in agreement with bans though. To me, I think they should make them much less accessible to the underage consumers. As for adults, make it more expensive and difficult to consume. :)



 

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kljesta64 on 23 April 2013

in my country 12yo are smoking cigarettes its a normal thing like drinking water



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kain_kusanagi on 23 April 2013
BradleyJ said:
While I don't approve of cigarette smoking I also do not approve of prohibiting ADULTS from purchasing them. I also think the drinking age should be lowered to 18 for the same reason.

What good could possibly come from suddenly altering American culture and allowing stupid 18 years to legally buy and drink as much as they want. We have enough teen-alcohol related problems already. If 18 years could always drink than maybe the culture would have kept most of them responsible. We can't trust our teens to drive without texting and you want to let them drive to and from liquor stores? We can't even trust adults in this country to drink responsibly.

Honestly the world would be a much better place if we all just stopped using drugs. Yes alcohol and cigarettes are drugs too. As someone who doesn't drink or smoke and who lives a very happy life I just don't understand why the world is so obsessed with altering their state of mind with chemicals.

I'm not calling for a law and I'm not a fan of New York's nanny state laws either, but I really do think the world would be better without booze. It would certainly smell better without cigarettes. That is for sure.