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**Chris** · 29-05-2016, 17:40

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Originally Posted by richard s

I disagree with governments telling people how to live their lives. Lets not forget car pollution which kills 13,000 people in this country every year, but this still does not stop us driving our vehicles.

http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/04april/...estimates.aspx

Compared to the 100,000 who die each year from smoking-related diseases, it's hardly in the same ball-park, is it.

If tobacco was discovered today there's no doubt it would go straight on the banned drugs list along with cannabis. Allowing the product to exist, while denying its manufacturers any possibility of marketing it, seems perfectly fair to me.