President Obama Signs Historic Tobacco Regulation Bill

[Longshot593]

You just have to love Big Daddy Government!

[RuneFinity44]

fuck you

[usagold101]

you can't stop people from smoking of any age, the only way this might work, each person would need a body grad, even then it still would not work, the black market would have more business, Ill get mine one way are a another, so clap clap clap on that..............

[gotblacknmi1d]

2nd dosent he smoke cigs...eventually he wont be able to smoke period...he prob is just getting on phillip morris good side to get free cigs and shit

[gotblacknmi1d]

okay so im 17 i smoked and dip.....ok so if kids are gonna smoke fuck flavored cigeretts...i like them bc the smell but if kids are gonna smoke there gonna smoke marb reds camel newports ext bc if a kid tryed to smoke a favored cig infront of ppl 2 b cool 10 bucks said he gets called a pussy and gets his ass kicked by other smokers...also adults should be able to smoke what they want like hes taking the right to go get what you want and what u put in your body like i could give 2 shits

[Techie223]

this is fuckin dumb. i know longer have the choice as an adult to buy my prime time cherrys. As a smart kid i knew smoking was a bad habbit, since when do i need the government telling me whats best for my body. and there excuse to help Phillip morris out is it is "all about the children." bullshit

[roger62383]

Don't look down on me when you see me smoke because it is my decision and no one else's. I have my reasons for smoking, and since this is one of my rights, I choose to use it to the fullest extent of the law because if I could not then I would be controlled by a government which takes freedom away from the people. You say its OK, but what happens when its something YOU personally enjoy?

[Katfellow]

Obamah's just doing his job, right? Why would WE THE PEOPLE ever be upset over (any) choice being taken away from us with the stroke of a pen?

[rylee033]

Tobacco killed about 435,000 people in the year 2000. In that same year, there were about 6,420,000 car accidents in the US alone. The smart thing to do would be to take away the people's choice to drive next, seeing as how its dangerous.

[countryguns45]

the funny thing is though, that normal tobacco products are not affected here.

this bill was really just below the belt.

[dereck72]

Everybody who thinks this was a win for protecting children got PLAYED...what do I mean you ask? PM and RJR used our gov't to pretty much crush smaller tobacco companies who produce flavored cigarettes. Why do you think they didn't target menthol? Wake up!

[bigbobrown]

im ashamed at myself for voting for him because i smoke camel infused which are flavored cigarettes

[quickheartbeat]

We are saving people of smoking cigarettes and its deadly affects. I suggest you close-minded people shut up and be happy, because this is a great step for health! Lung cancer now kills more women than breast cancer. Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

[PascalSacleux]

@quickheartbeat hey hate to burst your life bubble but, no one lives forever

fact: time has killed more people than car accidents, cigarettes alcohol, coke, meth, plane crashes , natural disasters and everything else you can think of....so stop being an ass we're all going to die and there's no bill that can save you =)

[carthfhuil]

And this coming from a loser who can't even control his own smoking. Unbelievable.

[SuziBAcoustic]

Last time I checked it was illegal for kids under the age of 18 to smoke anyway? Are we not capable as a nation to even enforce already existing laws? .. If we prove we can't fail as a nation, how long until we prove we can succeed? Also Phillip Morris endorsed this bill a great deal.. I smell a Monopoly.

[xboxrat]

im a smoker and i love flavored cigs, they r so good, and despite the fact that they put "THESE THINGS CAN KILL YOU" on the box people still smoke...coincidence? i think not!

[stephenfreeman90]

This is absolutely ridiculous. I am ashamed to be an American today. President Obama, stop screwing the the freedom that America was built on. If this is your idea of helping America, stay out of our health care system--it's far too valuable for you to screw up too.

[Silentbob77772002]

Isnt it great how as Americans, We loose Rights and dont gain them anymore...Go Obama!!!

[smartarted]

Where are these advertisements? There are almost NONE, there are more alcoholic commercials...

[Taraalcar]

This is a good thing.

But does this bill affect cigars?

[21lax]

taraaclar, this is a good thing? how stupid are you. I bet you were one of the people that thought the PATRIOT ACT didnt violate our right. read up on how Phillip Morris, the tobacco company, was a huge sponsor of the bill. its all business. the bill puts phillip morris's competitors out of business. not only that, but it takes away another choice that we adults should be allowed to make. whate will they do next? ban running becuase we can hurt ourselves? Obamination

[Taraalcar]

I asked if the law applied to cigars.

[21lax]

and you also said this was a good thing

[Taraalcar]

It was a 5 word sentence which spawned a whole paragraph from you apparently. I don't give a fuck about the Patriot Act or Phillip Morris and the tobacco companies.

All I care about is whether the bill will affect Drew Estates cigars.

[21lax]

do drew estates cigars make flavored cigars or cigarettes? if so, then yes it will.

[TokyoKnifeAttack]

the planted responses here are kind of disturbing. also, thanks for protecting me from myselfmr president! i appreciate it! why dont you just tell me you need some more tax revenue! here is a secret; obamas rhetoric is "no more rhetoric" while nothing changes. government is not the solution, government is the problem.

[jdotsu]

I can't believe how ignorant you people are. This is a free country the more things you regulate the more we are creating a communist environment. Soon they will be telling you, you can't have a cheeseburger because they make you fat or you can't drive a big truck because they are gas hogs.

[AntarcticaMan81186]

we have regulation on alcohol, infact one of the strictest systems for it in the world.

[stagracing88]

what about the Alcohol companies, they should be accountable for the drunks that drive and kill people. Regulate alcohol companies.

[preneel]

Glad this is done. Needed desperately. With all we know I can't figure out why anyone smokes.

[inkydinkydooky]

Why don't you ask Obama why he smokes preneel? If tobacco was so bad, why don't they just outlaw it? Maybe because of the tax revenues?

[KKlem19]

so very exciting and so very important to keep tobacco companies from taking more lives.

[smartarted]

Tobacco companies don't take lives, people decide to smoke on there own, nobody is forcing them to. Ignorance...

[fallenproud]

about time he does something

[Isambay]

Good work President.