Video Clip from "THE PREVENTABLE HOLOCAUST". Featured is a documentary made by the Mormon Church in conjunction with the US Surgeon General's office about the hazards of the use of tobacco products, which result in significantly more deaths each year than illegal drugs and AIDS. Video clip from "Alternative Views". Producer: Frank Morrow. Production Company: Alternative Information Network. News; tobacco; documentary; Tobacco, the Winnable War; Mormon Church; Surgeon General. A recent Zogby poll found that 45% of respondents support a ban on cigarettes. In practical terms, what does this mean? Not much, because public officials -- swimming in money from the tobacco lobby, and not wishing to alienate the 45 million Americans who identify as smokers --certainly won't put an end to the cigarette industry. Does anyone else find it odd that when 45% of Americans support banning cigarettes, 42% support banning abortion, and 39% support a federal ban on same-sex marriage, the highest-polling ban is the only one that hasn't produced any referendums? More than 400000 deaths in the US alone each year are from smoking related illnesses. Why would someone even pick up a cigarette without considering the effects it will have on him or her? Cigarettes should be illegal because cigarettes are a powerful and addicting drug that are very harmful to the people who smoke them, the people who inhale second hand smoke, and the environment. Drugs are bad for anyone who smokes them. A Cigarette ...
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