#2:Some conjecture on why tobacco is not banned based on National Health Statistic Reports

     This document,National Health Statistic Reports, gives us a detailed list about the smoking and drinking condition of people in different ages. No doubt, smoking has become a big potential health problem all around the world today. Someone may pose a question like this: well, since smoking is so harmful and causes so many disease, why don't we simply forbid it? I think there are two main reasons for the existence of tobacco : first, the component of tobacco is “lucky”, it can stimulant one’s brain, but not as poisonous as other drugs. It can make smokers become addictive, but not as harmful as drugs. It is cheap and easy to carry, and it has made a great contribution to the tax. Neither the smokers nor the government wants to lose it, so they both make a concession(the consumers pay a higher price and the government charges a higher tax). The second reason is that people always need something to comfort themself, since not everything in their life is rosy. The cost of a packet of cigarette and some side effects sometimes are better than a homicide or suicide----after all, not everyone is good at dealing with pressure and depression in their life.

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Cheryl D. Fryar, M.S.P.H.; Mercy C. Merino, B.S.; Rosemarie Hirsch, M.D., M.P.H.; and Kathryn S. Porter, M.D., M.S. National Health Statistic Reports.1999-2004.2