t more money that doesnt belong to them. The states claims are that the taxpayers should not be paying for smoking related illnesses, but the tobacco producers responsible should foot the bill, rather than the smoker who knows the smoke is harmful and willingly puts his/herself at risk. However in the Florida suit, for example, the state says smokers medical bills cost two hundred ninety million annually. What they dont say is that they receive four billion in revenue from tobacco taxes.Another argument against this suit is that if people dont die of smoking related diseases, they will die of something else. They are going to cost Medicaid money no matter what they die of, and often times nursing homes and medical bills from old age cost more than the medical bills of a dying smoker. Essentially if we take this thing too far it will just be said that if we pay each others medical bills (Medicaid) then the eating, exercise, recreation, and social preference of every individual becomes your business.Arguments against tobaccoTobacco is harmful to your health. No matter how much, or how often adept arguers run verbal circles around scientific evidence or any other proof, tobacco is harmful.Tobacco is linked to a variety of illnesses. These include, but are not limited to, cancer of the lung, mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, and pancreas, major risk for heart disease and stroke, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Health care costs for the year of ninety three, caused directly by smoking, cost the nation fifty billion, twenty two of that paid from government funds. The question here is should we allow the nations people to continue to harm themselves and our nations economy over tobacco and what little good it gives us? Many believe tobacco should be altogether illegal. It is one of our nations ugliest habits, and over fifty million participate.Tobacco is estimated to have caused three million deaths a year worldwide in the early ninete...
