Cigarettes

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infants should be banned.
Among teenagers from age thirteen to fifteen, nearly one of every five smoke. In the United States an estimated 3,000 children will smoke their first cigarette today. Of which 1,000 of those 3,000 will die from a smoking related illness. Teens who smoke are three times more likely to use alcohol, eight times more likely to smoke Marijuana, and twenty two times more likely to use cocaine (Teen Smoking Facts).
Many say that having tobacco products illegal can be deemed as constitutional. With more than 4,000 toxins and chemicals found in it, tobacco smoke is proven to be more harmful and addictive than marijuana.

“There is no real difference, in practical terms, between regulating marijuana and marijuana products and regulating tobacco and tobacco products. Unless the Supreme Court were to radically change direction on this issue, which is unlikely, a federal ban on cigarettes would probably pass constitutional muster. To say that he federal ...

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