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**Chris** · 10-03-2011, 15:39

We go round the houses with the 'what about alcohol' fallacy every time a smoking thread comes up on this forum.

Even if alcohol was singularly responsible for every act of crime and depravity ever committed, it would not alter the fact that tobacco is a dangerous, addictive drug that in and of itself needs to be dealt with.

As it happens, the sale of alcohol is already far more tightly regulated than the sale of tobacco is. The more relaxed regime around its advertising and consumption might just have something to do with the fact that, as Chrysalis says, alcohol may be addictive to some people whereas tobacco is addictive to almost all.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,264	Re: More smoking restrictions (is it enough?) We go round the houses with the 'what about alcohol' fallacy every time a smoking thread comes up on this forum. Even if alcohol was singularly responsible for every act of crime and depravity ever committed, it would not alter the fact that tobacco is a dangerous, addictive drug that in and of itself needs to be dealt with. As it happens, the sale of alcohol is already far more tightly regulated than the sale of tobacco is. The more relaxed regime around its advertising and consumption might just have something to do with the fact that, as Chrysalis says, alcohol may be addictive to some people whereas tobacco is addictive to almost all.