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| There'd be rioting but everyone would be out of breath witin 30 seconds. So we win. |
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Goraz
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 Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:45 Post subject: If cigarettes were suddenly illegal
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I think there would be rioting, but all the f*****g smokers would be out of breath from lifting up their arms in anger.
I was just thinking this because i'm trying to quit smoking myself.
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compusmack
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:46 Post subject:
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Life would be good.
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Jakanden
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:51 Post subject:
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| compusmack wrote: | | Life would be good. |
/agree
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:51 Post subject:
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They would riot in prison. That's a given.
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scoresia
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:52 Post subject:
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Riots .... then they would run out of breath...ROFL
I quit smoking a week ago.... YAY
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euphonious
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 13:58 Post subject:
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Good luck with that, Goraz. Don't watch movies where the characters smoke a lot, it'll give you the craving like no other.
| scoresia wrote: | Riots .... then they would run out of breath...ROFL
I quit smoking a week ago.... YAY |
Wewt, stay strong.
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atarom
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:02 Post subject:
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| compusmack wrote: | | Life would be good. |
Life would certainly be better
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Fabulez
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:06 Post subject:
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In California it's illegal to smoke in any restaurant and in most (like 99% of) bars.
Outside of the big cities where all the intolerant oppressive a******s who voted for the law live, people have responded by just ignoring it and lighting right up anyway.
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Goraz
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:14 Post subject:
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| euphonious wrote: | Good luck with that, Goraz. Don't watch movies where the characters smoke a lot, it'll give you the craving like no other.
| scoresia wrote: | Riots .... then they would run out of breath...ROFL
I quit smoking a week ago.... YAY |
Wewt, stay strong. |
heh you're telling me. Anytime I see Johnny Depp smoke a cigarette (like in blow) I HAVE To have one. I dont know why but smokes em a certain way and hes a badass.
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Celestra
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:18 Post subject:
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heh you're telling me. Anytime I see Johnny Depp smoke a cigarette (like in blow) I HAVE To have one. I dont know why but smokes em a certain way and hes a badass.
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Ok, that's just ASKING for it!
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scoresia
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:24 Post subject:
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ROFL Cele......that's Gheytacular!
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Luturb
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:25 Post subject:
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| Celestra wrote: | | Goraz wrote: |
heh you're telling me. Anytime I see Johnny Depp smoke a cigarette (like in blow) I HAVE To have one. I dont know why but smokes em a certain way and hes a badass.
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Ok, that's just ASKING for it!
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Goraz
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:26 Post subject:
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I'm not gay 
I just think johnny depp smokes cigarettes like a badass..
If I said something about his hair style or something... that'd be Nah's department.
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Celestra
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:32 Post subject:
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hehe I know, just messin witcha 
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Tolanin
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 14:38 Post subject:
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i sure as hell hope their would be massive rioting.. of course such a law would never fly.. i doubt most officers would even enforce it.
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lotek
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:19 Post subject:
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there would imidiatly be a huge black market that would rival the size of all other illegal drugs combined.
there would be street corner shootings, gang warfare, and innocents hurt.
A new war on cigs would be started, the jails would overflow with users.
childrends usage would increase, as would deaths via taineted cigs
people would smoke more because the quality would go down.
and people on messageboards across the internet will police from the sidelines saying how immoral and dangrous cigarette smokers are, and how they need to be shot.
This isnt what would happen. This is what is going to happen. unfortunetly, it will be too late to say I told you so, not that it matters because most of you would eagerly support it.
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Occulis
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:27 Post subject:
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He truly adds majesty to sticking a flaming white cylinder in his mouth. Mmmm taste that hot, white tube. Taste it. Savor it.
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:34 Post subject:
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Isn't there a way they could keep cigarettes addictive and yet take out the cancer part?
That way, everybody wins.
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merdocc
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:45 Post subject:
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It's the smoking part that is addictive. If a cigarette was just a straw with air and a mix of nicotine in it I wouldn't smoke at all.
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:53 Post subject:
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| merdocc wrote: | | It's the smoking part that is addictive. If a cigarette was just a straw with air and a mix of nicotine in it I wouldn't smoke at all. |
Are you sure? Because if that were the case, wouldn't everyone be smoking the cheapest brand of cigarettes?
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median
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 15:58 Post subject:
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Why would they make it illegal?
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Gethy
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 16:23 Post subject:
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| Silvermouse wrote: | | merdocc wrote: | | It's the smoking part that is addictive. If a cigarette was just a straw with air and a mix of nicotine in it I wouldn't smoke at all. |
Are you sure? Because if that were the case, wouldn't everyone be smoking the cheapest brand of cigarettes? |
I've smoked 305s. I'll never smoke them again. Smoke that shit if you actively want to quit--you will quit.
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Goraz
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 16:27 Post subject:
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| median wrote: | | Why would they make it illegal? |
It really isnt a question of why... but more a "what if"
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WhiteWidow
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 17:58 Post subject:
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ok?
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Dyers
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 18:02 Post subject:
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I would want to know where I can get tobacco seeds to grow my own.
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Tolanin
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 18:30 Post subject:
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I honestly dont think the govt could survive the massive clusterfuck that doing something like making cigs would entale.. by the time everyone realized how much of a horrible idea it would really be to late imo.
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pyrgomache
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 19:28 Post subject:
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i'd be so happy
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Pankrat
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 19:43 Post subject:
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If smoking were made illegal, it would create a huge black market for cigarettes. All the same issues you have with other illegal drugs would come into play (organized crime, stealing to support habit, smuggling, etc etc).
The only difference between cigarettes and other illegal drug habits is one is legal, other's aren't.
Hence the stupidity and hyprocrisy of the "war on drugs".
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Vengar_OO
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Posted: 08/25/04 - 22:15 Post subject: -==-
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I would be the Al Capone of cigarettes.
Importing them from Canada, (or if you will, Iceland...by submarine), and beating my underlings with baseball bats.
Of course, to avoid being arrested for tax evasion, I'll just have to bribe every jury in the courthouse that day, and hire an idiot savant as my account, who keeps the figures in his head.
I will then build a loyal army of smokers, cutting off their supply at the slightest hint treason, using their stark-raving mad mood swings to create chaos in all the local bars and restaurants.
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Luturb
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Posted: 08/26/04 - 11:19 Post subject:
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I would oppose making cigarettes illegal on principle but I wouldn't miss the cigarettes at all.
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