should tobacco be banned

i say yes

benefits:
less healthcare costs
higher productivity (no smoke breaks)
more farm land will be used to produce useful products (food, bio-fuels)
cleaner environment
less house and forest fires
less car accidents

>>24
You mean the arguments that outlawing such things has made them cheaper and more widepread in usage, especially in children, who drop out of school at record rates to make obscene tax-free profits selling drugs?

Or the arguments that outlawing them has made them more dangerous, due to a lack of production regulation?

Or the arguments that outlawing them has made society at large more dangerous, due to clogging the prisons (more than 50% are in for non-violent drug charges, many for longer terms than violent rapists), supporting violent drug cartels, street dealers, and gangs?

Or the arguments that outlawing them has drained the economy to the tune of nearly a trillion dollars a YEAR, due to the combined costs of the War On Drugs, supporting the prisoners who shouldn't be there, paying for law enforcement, the lost tax revenue, etc?

Fuck it, I'm not gonna rant anymore, but while I'm thinking about it, these same points apply to prostitution, as well.