I kind of disagree. Though I doubt Bhutan will be able to completely stop tobacco nationwide, I think it's important to note that the culture of Bhutan is much more different than that of the United States in that in Bhutan there is a strong sense of national identity. The Bhutanese state, especially the king, maintains a strong national moral code that citizens earnestly abide by.
By its very nature, prohibition cannot fail but create a vast increase in criminal activity, and rather than preventing society from descending into anarchy, it actually fosters an anarchic business model
@SangtotheDy I agree with legalizing marijuana. If you ban cigarettes how ever, the crime rate will double. The same number of people who smoke marijuana use tobacco products
@SangtotheDy Not a physical won, but a psycological won. This was a mini debate or argument. And it seems that you have run out of valid points so there for I have won.
@MelleB90 I said the banning of cigarettes will lead to crime, not the cigarettes them selves. If you think the banning of marijuana has created a lot of violence well than wait till cigarettes get banned. Organized crime will be given a huge market, bigger than the one for marijuana, if tobbaco gets banned.
Like he says at 2:30, it does save us money to not get cancer, but cancer (unfortunately) is a money maker itself since people have to pay for the treatments, pain meds, travel to get to a proper hospital, anyone (myself included) who knew/knows someone close who has cancer sees the financial burden placed on that person or their family.
Anything unfamiliar to Americans immediately becomes topic for biased insulting and uninformed mockery. Way to further the stereotype that Yanks are retarded... No wonder 5.5 BILLION people hate you... with a passion...
@jem7vwhgod 5.5 billion live in a third world shit hole. I live in a house with a pool in my back yard and a shit load of food in my fridge, those poor commies can suck my rich white cock
I'm from Bhutan and i smoke, but i find the law totally rational. Why can't you guys mind your own fucking business.....about your program it's a fucked up program, just like you two..
i dont give shit to all those LAW maker who formulated this ACT..!!! i m smoker i m not Murderer or Raper neither.. Drug abuser.. this is is meant for Poor People and not for RICH.. Most of the High society people in THIMPHU cant live with out smoke.. Govt is wasting time and Resources...... and they are goona lose the Battle.. FUCK the BAN..!!! got To Hell!!!
only one thing..RUDE!!, but of course it doesnt matter coz it looks like u guys make a living out of it.. but i seriously consider u guys looking into facts 1st, coz there have been no case where the police simply raid homes. the only place they raid are stores which they suspect of selling tobacco illegally.. and lastly from the humble citizens of bhutan, u r the biggest f**k face we have ever seen..
Pronounciation is no man's monopoly....and you trying to imitate the Bhutanese accent is pathetic...you are still a little south...it's the Indian Accent you are tryna mimic....and as far as your story on tobacco sniffing dogs, I am not surprised...this isn't and won't be the first time the media is exaggerating things just for your TRPs. Come to Bhutan and see how English is spoken despite it being a second language and also check out those dogs for real. Might as well help you find Dope!
There are thousands of dead humans because of the war on drugs. Would thousands more o.d if they were legalized no. Bad Drugs kill thousands I use to sell ecstasy and i can tell you that if the goverment regulated it's production hundreds of innocent teens who aren't addicted and have never tried it before will be saved from a traumatizing death in a cold dark alley.
Where do these libs get the idea Prohibition was a failure? It was, in fact, a great success. The organized crime that was prevalent during that era existed long before Prohibition. People's physical and mental health improved, public drunkenness declined and violent crime remained steady after having risen prior to Prohibition. It may be time to revisit Prohibition.
@ChristianMission Um you're a total dumbass. Organized crime was prevalent but it really grew during prohibition. It provided income for the mobs, it gave them soo much more power. So you just want to make everything illegal? You want the government to control you that much?
@ChristianMission hahaha "ChristianMission" voilent crime did NOT remain steady, infact it grew tremendously, it was like how now drug cartels fight over territory and sales. Do not shove wrong facts down peoples throats please. Just because you are against alcohol and public drunkeness does not mean we all are. Sorry.
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA "top of tha mornin 2 ya" in an indian accent! BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA OOOOWESUM! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
fuck if i cant smoke cigarettes i'll just chew, if i cant fucking chew i'll take nicotine pills, this fucking shit about smokes is just as bad as that damn war on drug, theres no winning
Anyone who's outraged about this but is for the war on marijuana needs to smack themselves in the nuts. (Females can slap themselves in the face instead)
I'm moving to Bhutan... canada sucks ass because you can have small amounts of weed for recreational use.... the stench of it makes me want to puke in the summer when i leave my windows open...
@lSeKToRl where the fuck u live bro, i know sometimes they let u go with a gram or two of weed with a warning, cause its not worth the 5 hour paper work, seriously never heard of weed for recreational use before, i know theres city bylaws, but what??!!!
There's a TINY problem here... look at the so called war on drugs Look at how the gang of the old days rallied around to start selling alcohol when it was banned.
Look at the argument that naturally grown tobacco is not any worse for you than weed is. The problem isn't the plant, it's the piles of chemicals put into the plant & then laws to prevent people from growing their own natural stuff.
Most governments: "Here, have this toxin, but you can't grow a less lethal version yourself."
@hfiosl it does hold water ... but what ever.. look around man .. starvation and homelessness no big problem as long as they don't smoke around you .. i understand perfectly you see.. you obviously can not see the bigger issues .. no big good luck trying to impede on the rights of others .;.. if you don't like smoke ... move your ass away from the smoke.. banning anything only makes it more expensive to buy.. and that is all it does..u won't like such dominion over u in this country. freedom
Theres' almost no mass media in Bhutan so its very difficult to bring about change the way you(westeners) want. I have been there, TV, Radio, Roads, Consumer goods etc. though very minimal are hurting their society very badly.
it is funny to me how angry or impassioned people can get over SMOKING but hey if rob you ..at least they weren't smoking while they did it.. it is my opinion that the majority is smoking something alright...
CRACK.. who cares more die needless in wars... with the state of the world today
i'm surprised more people don't need a cigarette! direct your anger to your local politician and on a more worthwhile cause.. taking our world back from international bonus getting criminals ignorance kills!!!
@hfiosl do you see my point? i mean whats next? what liberty would you surrender just to please some one who lives in fear? hmmm? or how bout this how would you like to pay then your neighbor more when you order pepperoni pizza because the crime on your block is higher than his... or because you have high cholesterol and he eats sprout sandwiches and granola all day.. see my point friend?
"he who would sacrifice liberties for temporary security.. deserves neither" -Ben Franklin
@hfiosl to disobey unjust laws.. makes one a patriot! so i choose to do as i always have ... and that is what ever the hell i want ..anywhere i want... if you don't like looking at a fat person on the beach you get up and move away.. according to your logic they should start banning everything that offends someone.. while i am all for not having to see fat asses on my beach... i just cant deny them beach access... right? or how bout no job for one with cancer? without cancer the insurance cheap
Mattm1986 over 9 million have died from cigarettes. I'm pretty sure that number will grow dramatically as more countries now have had cigarettes for 30 years. I have a friend who is already dying from second hand smoke. You go tell him he's a .00001% number you sick SOB. You probably already smoke so see you breathing through a tube in 20-30 years.
The dangers of second hand smoke is way over hyped. It's already banned in most public places, including outside. If you're somewhere where someone is smoking by you (which would most likely be outside anyway) and you don't want to inhale the smoke (which outside you wouldn't unless you were trying to) then fucking move somewhere else.
I wasn't talking about inside, I said outside. But if its a place where there are no laws for smoking indoors and the owner of the property allows it, then if someone doesn't like the smoke they can leave if they choose to.
@hfiosl lol ok while you keep thinking that you go research what things like barium and carbon dioxide cause in lab rats ... & people ... geez these and many more are in the air all around you ... if you want to breathe clean air quit picking on smokers ... and start fighting fossil fuels and the chem trails our own gov. sprays in the air on the regular... ..no offense but there are much much bigger fish to fry then the smoker fish.. how bout the bankster fish?.. lol
Will they win the war on cigarettes? Of course not. But they do get to enjoy the new-found gang and mob activity they'll have now from resulting smuggling operations.
"Too many people are dying from second hand smoke. It's the most evil drug on the planet with almost as much death as car accidents."
While I agree that tobacco kills as many or more than car accidents, the amount of actual deaths from second hand smoke isn't high at all. Illness from second hand smoke isn't even that common. The amount of time they're inhaling the smoke compared to the smoker throughout their whole lives is a fraction of a fraction of a percent. Like .00001%
Although I am a smoker myself I want to see them cancer sticks banned. For my own good. But there is just one thing. I love rolling my spliffs with some tabaco, its just how we do it here in Holland. I couldn't live from smoking pure weed, seriously.
@jallison79 Tobacco kills more people then marijuanna because tobacco is legal and readily available and has much more widespread use. Anyway marijuanna and tobacco should both be legal.
@hfiosl So let me get this straight. Your indisputable evidence is that it's true....yea it doesn't take a genius to figure out that that's not evidence.
there are some naiive people who are getting excited that this is the way to go. what these people do not realise is how heavily our economy relies on tobacco. not to mention the fact that a ban of tobacco will mean an emerging black market for them, and hey presto, another drug to worry about and a lot more policeman to hire. not to mention the breach of free will to smoke if you want to...education is the way forward, not prohibition.
I thought North Korea banned smoking after Lil' Kim's doctors advised him to stop. I guess that was just some more of that Chinese vassal state's juchebag crackaganda.
I choked on my grilled cheese when Cenk finished his accent with "top o' the mornin' to ya." Word to the potentially unwise from the now wise: don't eat grilled cheese while watching TYT clips!
Carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common type of fatal poisoning in many countries.[3] Historically, it was also commonly used as a method to commit suicide, usually by deliberately inhaling the exhaust fumes of a running car engine.
It would be great to ban tobacco, i mean cmon, it has no +'s and is litterally filling your body with poison, if you gave somebody arsnic thats illegal, should be the same honestly, but yes, people are stupid and it will obviously go black market, but the problem is, its a fucking deadly drug and is also 1 of the biggest causes for illness in most countries where its easily acceptable.
I personally would be fine with banning the disgusting thing, but heh.
@MitchofSmeg So you're aware making it illegal doesn't work and would only cause more problems but you're for banning it anyways? Seems pretty stupid. And I was a smoker for 8 years, quit 3 months ago and eh....don't know why people complain so much about quitting, really isn't that hard, I just stopped buying the shit. I guess I just like breathing properly.
Cenk, I have been to Bhutan and your accent is spot on. On the Pitcairn Islands smoking is not allowed and hasn't been for decades. There is one old resident who had trouble kicking the habit and he is allowed to smoke two cigarettes under supervision a day. Now this is officially what happens but in reality this is not what really happens.
I wish people would chill out about smoking. Everyone knows it's unhealthy, and also very enjoyable. So is eating fast food, drinking wine, spending too much time watching youtube, etc, etc. And just like all of those things, it's actually possible to do it responsibly. It's the responsibility of the individual what they consume and in what quantities.
I wish people would chill out about smoking. Everyone knows it's unhealthy, and also very enjoyable. So is eating fast food, drinking wine, spending too much time watching youtube, etc, etc. And just like all of those things, it's actually possible to do it responsibly. It's the responsibility of the individual what they consume and in what quantities.
I agree. But you should smoke outside and not near anyone. You don't smell like shit if you have one glass of wine or actually eat right with fast food. Nor make the room smell horrible too. Or add smoke everywhere in a room.
When will people realise prohibition is not a realistic solution? It can work in small communities but on a large scale it causes more problems than it solves. Im very against smoking however this is my view. Let the people smoke if they want just dont let them do it where the hell they want. I dont want to smell like an ashtray because you are smoking next to me. Or what really bugs me is when im in London and some dickhead decides he needs to pollute the crowd and lights one up.
The difference between a war on tobacco and a war on drugs is that drugs get you high but tobaccco doesnt. Most people get into smoking in college and high school trying to be cool. no one takes up smoking at 30 years old... this might work because tobacco is of no use to anyone except people already addicted
Health nuts can be unreasonable fascists and this is proof.
I'm not going to deny the implications of smoking, but the assumed number of deaths from secondhand smoking have been debunked. They are based on flawed methodology, and the data was manipulated to achieve the desired result.
If you're going to bitch about secondhand smoke, please don't cite this study. Just say it smells bad and clearly it isn't good for you. If you say X number of people die, I'm going to call you out.
All that banning smoking will accomplish is in creating petty criminals. People will find away to feed their addiction weather it's growing, or obtaining it from dealers. And since they are already breaking the law, it may lead them to decide to obtain other illegal substances such as marijuana.
@GJNCA i never said tobacco wasnt dangerous- i just said that it wasnt as dangerous... big difference, and im just wondering why would it be easier to ban tobacco than it would be to ban drugs or booze? is it because tobacco is mostly made in the US- while other drugs and booze are often imported from other countries? i really want to know, because i really dont think the US could get away with a tobacco ban especially with so many people addicted
heres what i say to people that want to ban smoking. the only people that get to bitch about secondhand smoke are people who never drive or ride in a car,taxi,bus,jet,airplain or any transportation that runs on fuel.
if you bitch about secondhand smoke but use any of those fuck you and you should kill yourself of shame for being a hypocrite
Ordinarily I'd say this is a terrible idea but the people running Bhutan do a particularly good job in most respects so I'd say it's worth giving them the benefit of the doubt in this case.
Just hike the taxes up and make it a pain in the ass to pay for smokes. Don't make it illegal, just more of a hassle than it's worth. Many people are very price conscious with their indulgences, if the prices go up too high, they'll do something else.
@Ocker3 Cigars are a luxury, (well not that much, but seriously, no one needs them for living) for what rising a tax from tobacco wouldn't be a bad idea. The tobacco quiting would be gradual, so the employees of tobacco companies would not end up in the streets suddenly, in fact the tobacco industry would still there, but would sell less. But, the problem is, can u just imagine the debate XD I mean, the critizism, the "obama is a commie" thing and all that crap, would have us crazy!
Ooh, they're smoke-free. Big whoop... Let people smoke! Is the title of this video supposed to be some kind of fanfare in celebration, as if you REALLY hate smoking that much? I know this is a liberal channel, but for god sakes, it's just tobacco. Only paternalist and moralist authoritarian douchebags who think they know better than you ban something like tobacco because "it's unhealthy."
Tobacco IS a drug. Even if it is the drug of choice America exports to other nations.
But it doesn't naturally grow or exist outside of the Americas. So why should other countries not treat it exactly the same way they treat opium and marijuana products?
@crazzynez Don't fool yourself. Tobacco is every bit as dangerous as marijuana... as for opiates, they are primarily only more dangerous because they get super concentrated before being used. If one were to do with tobacco what is done with opium to make heroine or coca to make cocaine, it could overload the system just as much.
Tobacco is just another plant one can inhale to get high. If you will ban one, may as well ban them all. Only reason it is legal anywhere is for American profit.
@TheHobgoblyn its about as dangerious as walking out into the street , or eating a big mac all contains pah it all mutates and is the risk taken into account like any activity , if they going to ban tobbaco cos its dangerious then should ban food,drink , cookers , cars ,indusutry ,everything and wrap everyone in cotton wool yet will still get heart attacks,stroke and lung cancer , cancers induced threw radon and other hazards but wont be treatable by anything cos it wasnt mutated by anything
@koocxela Tobacco ends up killing about 1/3rd of the people who begin using it regularly. That is much higher than the percentage of people who cross streets or eat big macs and die from that activity. Furthermore, neither crossing streets nor eating big macs drive everyone who does so to keep doing so endlessly until it kills them. I've never heard of anyone struggling to quit eating hamburgers.
@TheHobgoblyn where subjects have died earlier then others yes it kills 1/3rd ,in life it actually kills all of them cos they do die evently & since in the medical notes they are a smoker that will be the cause, overlooking wieght , diet, sleeping next to a reactor core etc so for me its corrupt ive never heard of anyone dying from smoking a cig , peanuts yes also achohol,those alergic to latex , cars obviously espesially those with asbestos brake pads they dropped like flys but smoking, none
@koocxela No one has ever died of smoking marijuana either. Nor was opium or coca lethal before they were super concentrated. My general arguement still stands unrefuted-- if one is going to ban other plants that cause people to get highs, then there is no reason to treat Tobacco as a completely, totally, unrelated issue EXCEPT that it is more common because during the 19th century America made a lot of its money off of growing and exporting the drug world wide and the practice continues today.
were smokey bbq grills and car fumes banned there too?
KripDrip 4 months ago
There...Cenk needs to hate on India..... his mother must have had her ass fucked real hard by some Indian...
Mrparrot73 5 months ago
1:10 oh dear! :)
BVargas78 5 months ago
pfft. Smoke free? Yeah, just like how America tried to go "Alcohol free"
CommandoDude 6 months ago
Bhutan is pretty similar to Tibet. People look mostly like chinese, not indians.
kirkey99 6 months ago
what about snuff? Snus?
magicpet 6 months ago
oh my god that accent was awesome!
CasualMaggot 6 months ago
I kind of disagree. Though I doubt Bhutan will be able to completely stop tobacco nationwide, I think it's important to note that the culture of Bhutan is much more different than that of the United States in that in Bhutan there is a strong sense of national identity. The Bhutanese state, especially the king, maintains a strong national moral code that citizens earnestly abide by.
Tetraglot 6 months ago
By its very nature, prohibition cannot fail but create a vast increase in criminal activity, and rather than preventing society from descending into anarchy, it actually fosters an anarchic business model
phillnchill 6 months ago
Banning cigarettes leads to crime
acdc30450 9 months ago 21
@acdc30450 they should ban cigs, legalize marijuana.
SangtotheDy 8 months ago
@SangtotheDy I agree with legalizing marijuana. If you ban cigarettes how ever, the crime rate will double. The same number of people who smoke marijuana use tobacco products
acdc30450 8 months ago
@acdc30450 gahh....
SangtotheDy 8 months ago
@SangtotheDy I'll take that as your gesture of surrender
acdc30450 8 months ago
@acdc30450 surrender? this was a fight? :S
SangtotheDy 8 months ago
@SangtotheDy Not a physical won, but a psycological won. This was a mini debate or argument. And it seems that you have run out of valid points so there for I have won.
acdc30450 8 months ago
@acdc30450 Yeah, no it doesn't.
People who are not addicted in the first place won't get restless either.
Smoking is outdated and demonstrably bad for you in a thousand ways.
Drinking is arguably worse.
Choosing to fuck up your body should be a freedom everybody has, but don't go spouting bullshit arguments.
MelleB90 4 months ago
@MelleB90 I said the banning of cigarettes will lead to crime, not the cigarettes them selves. If you think the banning of marijuana has created a lot of violence well than wait till cigarettes get banned. Organized crime will be given a huge market, bigger than the one for marijuana, if tobbaco gets banned.
acdc30450 4 months ago
So how's the War on Chewing Gum going in Singapore?
RickySTT 9 months ago
This guy has no idea what he's talking about.
kripler19 9 months ago
Doesn't sound that different than living in the usa.. only difference is the substance.
DRDNIBOY 10 months ago
there is a SHITLOAD of pissed of people in Bhutan right now!!
cwongchung 10 months ago
Like he says at 2:30, it does save us money to not get cancer, but cancer (unfortunately) is a money maker itself since people have to pay for the treatments, pain meds, travel to get to a proper hospital, anyone (myself included) who knew/knows someone close who has cancer sees the financial burden placed on that person or their family.
KCJonesPhD 10 months ago
Anything unfamiliar to Americans immediately becomes topic for biased insulting and uninformed mockery. Way to further the stereotype that Yanks are retarded... No wonder 5.5 BILLION people hate you... with a passion...
jem7vwhgod 10 months ago
@jem7vwhgod 5.5 billion live in a third world shit hole. I live in a house with a pool in my back yard and a shit load of food in my fridge, those poor commies can suck my rich white cock
acdc30450 9 months ago
I'm from Bhutan and i smoke, but i find the law totally rational. Why can't you guys mind your own fucking business.....about your program it's a fucked up program, just like you two..
zamlingnelam 11 months ago
i dont give shit to all those LAW maker who formulated this ACT..!!! i m smoker i m not Murderer or Raper neither.. Drug abuser.. this is is meant for Poor People and not for RICH.. Most of the High society people in THIMPHU cant live with out smoke.. Govt is wasting time and Resources...... and they are goona lose the Battle.. FUCK the BAN..!!! got To Hell!!!
gheashung 11 months ago
only one thing..RUDE!!, but of course it doesnt matter coz it looks like u guys make a living out of it.. but i seriously consider u guys looking into facts 1st, coz there have been no case where the police simply raid homes. the only place they raid are stores which they suspect of selling tobacco illegally.. and lastly from the humble citizens of bhutan, u r the biggest f**k face we have ever seen..
namkolee 11 months ago
Pronounciation is no man's monopoly....and you trying to imitate the Bhutanese accent is pathetic...you are still a little south...it's the Indian Accent you are tryna mimic....and as far as your story on tobacco sniffing dogs, I am not surprised...this isn't and won't be the first time the media is exaggerating things just for your TRPs. Come to Bhutan and see how English is spoken despite it being a second language and also check out those dogs for real. Might as well help you find Dope!
yonbag8786 11 months ago
ban it in public places so some of us don't have to fight back the nausea.
drzendoom 11 months ago
@drzendoom As soon as you ban cars too.
PhilJRose 11 months ago
There are thousands of dead humans because of the war on drugs. Would thousands more o.d if they were legalized no. Bad Drugs kill thousands I use to sell ecstasy and i can tell you that if the goverment regulated it's production hundreds of innocent teens who aren't addicted and have never tried it before will be saved from a traumatizing death in a cold dark alley.
bunkmasterflex 11 months ago
Chenk IS the most resonable man in America
and at 3:10 he looks like Sam the eagle :)
Xigano1 1 year ago 14
I am from Bhutan.
Just to let you all know the ban has been working for the time being.
Its not so hard as everyone thinks since we directly import all tobacco products.
And of course as anticipated the ban has managed to draw flakes from all quarters.
And the thing about dogs and home raids are blown way out of proportion.
And his accent is no where near to a bhutanese.....sounds typically Indian.
jamxz19 1 year ago
lol i'm the 18000th viewer, this is a good commentary too
andrewsaccount09 1 year ago
I wana go live there! (or bring this law here)
cripto136 1 year ago
Don't smoke Tobacco!
SMOKE WEED!
You won't die, and at least you'll get high.
Lonsoleil 1 year ago
Where do these libs get the idea Prohibition was a failure? It was, in fact, a great success. The organized crime that was prevalent during that era existed long before Prohibition. People's physical and mental health improved, public drunkenness declined and violent crime remained steady after having risen prior to Prohibition. It may be time to revisit Prohibition.
ChristianMission 1 year ago
@ChristianMission try that shit now see if we FREE Americans dont start tearing shit up. I smoke weed every fucking day.
jesussavest 1 year ago
@ChristianMission Um you're a total dumbass. Organized crime was prevalent but it really grew during prohibition. It provided income for the mobs, it gave them soo much more power. So you just want to make everything illegal? You want the government to control you that much?
08indigo08 1 year ago
@ChristianMission hahaha "ChristianMission" voilent crime did NOT remain steady, infact it grew tremendously, it was like how now drug cartels fight over territory and sales. Do not shove wrong facts down peoples throats please. Just because you are against alcohol and public drunkeness does not mean we all are. Sorry.
skamaster48 1 year ago
wtf indian accent?
DrQuijano 1 year ago
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA "top of tha mornin 2 ya" in an indian accent! BWAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA OOOOWESUM! XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
COLLEGESTUDENT343 1 year ago
@hfiosl if you were here i would blow my smoke in your face
:D
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
fuck if i cant smoke cigarettes i'll just chew, if i cant fucking chew i'll take nicotine pills, this fucking shit about smokes is just as bad as that damn war on drug, theres no winning
dawnofwinter1 1 year ago
Anyone who's outraged about this but is for the war on marijuana needs to smack themselves in the nuts. (Females can slap themselves in the face instead)
MyTemporaryAccount88 1 year ago
I just keep watching this from 3:06
CH1PP0 1 year ago
I'm moving to Bhutan... canada sucks ass because you can have small amounts of weed for recreational use.... the stench of it makes me want to puke in the summer when i leave my windows open...
lSeKToRl 1 year ago
@lSeKToRl where the fuck u live bro, i know sometimes they let u go with a gram or two of weed with a warning, cause its not worth the 5 hour paper work, seriously never heard of weed for recreational use before, i know theres city bylaws, but what??!!!
dawnofwinter1 1 year ago
There's a TINY problem here... look at the so called war on drugs Look at how the gang of the old days rallied around to start selling alcohol when it was banned.
Look at the argument that naturally grown tobacco is not any worse for you than weed is. The problem isn't the plant, it's the piles of chemicals put into the plant & then laws to prevent people from growing their own natural stuff.
Most governments: "Here, have this toxin, but you can't grow a less lethal version yourself."
Darquine 1 year ago
@hfiosl it does hold water ... but what ever.. look around man .. starvation and homelessness no big problem as long as they don't smoke around you .. i understand perfectly you see.. you obviously can not see the bigger issues .. no big good luck trying to impede on the rights of others .;.. if you don't like smoke ... move your ass away from the smoke.. banning anything only makes it more expensive to buy.. and that is all it does..u won't like such dominion over u in this country. freedom
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
haha jesus you guys that was such a terrible accent
Magsteez 1 year ago
Theres' almost no mass media in Bhutan so its very difficult to bring about change the way you(westeners) want. I have been there, TV, Radio, Roads, Consumer goods etc. though very minimal are hurting their society very badly.
The accent is more or less like tibetian.
uditchow 1 year ago
also pot should be legal here.
epicblogofdoom 1 year ago
thats fucked up. fuck buton
epicblogofdoom 1 year ago
it is funny to me how angry or impassioned people can get over SMOKING but hey if rob you ..at least they weren't smoking while they did it.. it is my opinion that the majority is smoking something alright...
CRACK.. who cares more die needless in wars... with the state of the world today
i'm surprised more people don't need a cigarette! direct your anger to your local politician and on a more worthwhile cause.. taking our world back from international bonus getting criminals ignorance kills!!!
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
@hfiosl do you see my point? i mean whats next? what liberty would you surrender just to please some one who lives in fear? hmmm? or how bout this how would you like to pay then your neighbor more when you order pepperoni pizza because the crime on your block is higher than his... or because you have high cholesterol and he eats sprout sandwiches and granola all day.. see my point friend?
"he who would sacrifice liberties for temporary security.. deserves neither" -Ben Franklin
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
@hfiosl to disobey unjust laws.. makes one a patriot! so i choose to do as i always have ... and that is what ever the hell i want ..anywhere i want... if you don't like looking at a fat person on the beach you get up and move away.. according to your logic they should start banning everything that offends someone.. while i am all for not having to see fat asses on my beach... i just cant deny them beach access... right? or how bout no job for one with cancer? without cancer the insurance cheap
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
if pot was allowed to be smoked in us ALOT less people will smoke it
the only reason people smoke it now is for that YEA EAT THAT LAW but when people smoke it all the time they will cut down on it
ttrop 1 year ago
Mattm1986 over 9 million have died from cigarettes. I'm pretty sure that number will grow dramatically as more countries now have had cigarettes for 30 years. I have a friend who is already dying from second hand smoke. You go tell him he's a .00001% number you sick SOB. You probably already smoke so see you breathing through a tube in 20-30 years.
sagemakaiserxl 1 year ago
@sagemakaiserxl I'll tell him. I'll also tell him the world cannot bend to his needs. I have bad asthma, let's outlaw SUVs.
Orutra621 1 year ago
I wonder if Cenk and Ana even know where Bhutan is.
Renekiv 1 year ago
WARNING WE HAVE A DOG THAT IS NOT ONLY TRAINED TO SMELL TOBACCO BUT HES ALSO A JUNKY! xD
xxGhostXIIIxx 1 year ago
Quick! Whike the dogs are sniffing out tobacco everyone hit the bong!!!
philthy122 1 year ago
Tobacco sniffing dogs. Someone, somewhere owes me some money on some bet I made at SOME point!
LordSlag 1 year ago
=/?
What about cigar smokers... might as well ban alcohol. So stupid.
Charles2337 1 year ago
typical liberal Cenk. You will do an indian accent but I know you dont have the balls to do a black accent. talk ebonics. You fucking pussy liberal
pennjersey83 1 year ago
Butan? Wow, i didn't know this country ever existed. I need to update my geography knowledge, lol.
Stingerbillion 1 year ago
The dangers of second hand smoke is way over hyped. It's already banned in most public places, including outside. If you're somewhere where someone is smoking by you (which would most likely be outside anyway) and you don't want to inhale the smoke (which outside you wouldn't unless you were trying to) then fucking move somewhere else.
Mattm1986 1 year ago
@Mattm1986
If a smoker walks into a building, why should everyone else move?
I could care less if you smoke outside though.
AmericanNohbuddy 1 year ago
@AmericanNohbuddy Exactly, I agree. But if a smoker is sitting at a bar smoking, he should not have to move for a non-smoker.
Orutra621 1 year ago
@AmericanNohbuddy
I wasn't talking about inside, I said outside. But if its a place where there are no laws for smoking indoors and the owner of the property allows it, then if someone doesn't like the smoke they can leave if they choose to.
Mattm1986 1 year ago
@Mattm1986
Well yeah considering how they knew the building allowed for smoking.
AmericanNohbuddy 1 year ago
MARI-JUANA!
jcmoovee 1 year ago
@jcmoovee
Ditto.
Mattm1986 1 year ago
On the plus side, at least the Bhutanese aren't being hypocrites as both Marijuana as well as Tobacco have prohibitions against them.
Saaduk92 1 year ago
Prohibition only leads to underground markets and makes criminals out of ordinary citizens.
Nobody learns anymore...
BenjaminFranklin2u 1 year ago
@BenjaminFranklin2u
It's Bhutan. Not even a million people live there. Doubt the place will go to hell.
AmericanNohbuddy 1 year ago
I think second hand smoke is bad enough to work towards a ban.
JIYkp 1 year ago
@JIYkp
Fascist.
Mattm1986 1 year ago
@hfiosl lol ok while you keep thinking that you go research what things like barium and carbon dioxide cause in lab rats ... & people ... geez these and many more are in the air all around you ... if you want to breathe clean air quit picking on smokers ... and start fighting fossil fuels and the chem trails our own gov. sprays in the air on the regular... ..no offense but there are much much bigger fish to fry then the smoker fish.. how bout the bankster fish?.. lol
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
im indian. gotta say i love cenks indian accent
kartikiyomoma 1 year ago
where the hell is butan haha
TheBoyfriendlover 1 year ago
the name of that country is nearly the same as a type of flammable gas... well, no wonder then they don't want smoking
bbphnix 1 year ago
Will they win the war on cigarettes? Of course not. But they do get to enjoy the new-found gang and mob activity they'll have now from resulting smuggling operations.
VioletDrow 1 year ago
I;m glad TYT and I agree against prohibition, although some of the anti smoking laws in the USA are bull shit, and the taxes are a lit BS too.
Their should be some public places that allow smoking, and sell them.
KangaKucha 1 year ago
look up The other face of Bhutan: A report on the latest refugee arrivals in the U.S. by the tcdalieyplanet on google. thats the REAL Bhutan!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
happiest place on earth? my ass...
isn't this the same country that committing genocide on it's native Nepali people?
KangaKucha 1 year ago
I'm surprised they haven't thought about the potential benefits of e-cigarettes, unless they're doing it already.
NaziGOPBallmer 1 year ago
First and last.
JiffyNo0b 1 year ago
fucking idoits!!!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
Prohibition. Fail.
stukajunker88 1 year ago
@stukajunker88 yep, no question... cigs are bad, and need to be made safer, but shouldn't be banned! thats mental!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
Note to self: never go to Bhutan.
TheNarfhead 1 year ago
@TheNarfhead yep, what idoits!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
Too many people are dying from second hand smoke. It's the most evil drug on the planet with almost as much death as car accidents. Don't drive kids.
sagemakaiserxl 1 year ago 26
@sagemakaiserxl no but spark up a ciggie children
PurebredLondon 1 year ago
@sagemakaiserxl LOL, 'cause there's no chance of getting kids to not smoke? that's the joke right?
bbphnix 1 year ago
@sagemakaiserxl
"Too many people are dying from second hand smoke. It's the most evil drug on the planet with almost as much death as car accidents."
While I agree that tobacco kills as many or more than car accidents, the amount of actual deaths from second hand smoke isn't high at all. Illness from second hand smoke isn't even that common. The amount of time they're inhaling the smoke compared to the smoker throughout their whole lives is a fraction of a fraction of a percent. Like .00001%
Mattm1986 1 year ago
@sagemakaiserxl Ugh it's sad the number of thumbs up that you have received. It's sad how much people have been sold on second hand smoke.
08indigo08 1 year ago
@sagemakaiserxl Tobacco kills like 10 times more people than car accidents... :D
PesiCool 1 year ago
Bad Idea. I think that there should be no smoking in public, but it should still be legal. It doesn't work.
Meex1989 1 year ago
Although I am a smoker myself I want to see them cancer sticks banned. For my own good. But there is just one thing. I love rolling my spliffs with some tabaco, its just how we do it here in Holland. I couldn't live from smoking pure weed, seriously.
philateliceun 1 year ago
damn and i thought America was fucked up with this whole war on drugs thing
muntasir20 1 year ago
HAHAHA Cenk you made me blow out my hit with that accent you did HAHAHA
upplsuckimcool16 1 year ago
Oy...governments doom nations
niriop 1 year ago
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Octavianist1 1 year ago 2
hahaha lmfao best accent
MrSamerHaHa 1 year ago
great accent!
TheBobbiK 1 year ago
tobacco kills more people than marijuanna.....so in some ways this law makes more sense then ours.
jallison79 1 year ago
@jallison79 Tobacco kills more people then marijuanna because tobacco is legal and readily available and has much more widespread use. Anyway marijuanna and tobacco should both be legal.
lilnicky492 1 year ago
@hfiosl So let me get this straight. Your indisputable evidence is that it's true....yea it doesn't take a genius to figure out that that's not evidence.
08indigo08 1 year ago
This is what happens when you ban and/or make items that many people want illegal, you get a fascist government and a criminal underground.
TheUSMetalhead 1 year ago
being a 'smoke free' nation is SUCH a bad idea.
there are some naiive people who are getting excited that this is the way to go. what these people do not realise is how heavily our economy relies on tobacco. not to mention the fact that a ban of tobacco will mean an emerging black market for them, and hey presto, another drug to worry about and a lot more policeman to hire. not to mention the breach of free will to smoke if you want to...education is the way forward, not prohibition.
likeastarbaby 1 year ago
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Just say, "no health insurance for smokers."
CHAOSoriginal 1 year ago
@hfiosl oh hush... better get some oxy tanks for u n yer kiddies ... incase you have not heard the air isnt safe to breathe any way lol
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
whoooo hooo i'm off to Bhutan to sell some smokes
teddymarvelle 1 year ago
Bhutan fails.
RyunSharp 1 year ago
If the government starts putting altered cigarettes into the supply chain such that 1 in 10 instantly kill you... I bet people stop smoking.
Faladrin 1 year ago
Why the hell would anyone want to smoke anyways? It's not cool or awesome to make your lungs black.
verse1923 1 year ago
"We're no. 1!!!" lol
MrGish1 1 year ago
lmao, wow, that really was a combination of irish and indian.
Erilis666 1 year ago
I thought North Korea banned smoking after Lil' Kim's doctors advised him to stop. I guess that was just some more of that Chinese vassal state's juchebag crackaganda.
gguru1 1 year ago
I choked on my grilled cheese when Cenk finished his accent with "top o' the mornin' to ya." Word to the potentially unwise from the now wise: don't eat grilled cheese while watching TYT clips!
ccrider0217 1 year ago 43
Carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common type of fatal poisoning in many countries.[3] Historically, it was also commonly used as a method to commit suicide, usually by deliberately inhaling the exhaust fumes of a running car engine.
007HubbaBubba 1 year ago
Automobile's and Factories put out more carcinogens that cigarettes do.
007HubbaBubba 1 year ago
They ought to use that cult leader David Koresh as their Mascot! He quit smoking back in 1991 for good.
007HubbaBubba 1 year ago
Top o' the mornin' to ya! FTW!
alecton 1 year ago
what?Butna?the City in Indonesian?LOL isnt that the country were 3year olds smoke?
Arabia4life 1 year ago
It would be great to ban tobacco, i mean cmon, it has no +'s and is litterally filling your body with poison, if you gave somebody arsnic thats illegal, should be the same honestly, but yes, people are stupid and it will obviously go black market, but the problem is, its a fucking deadly drug and is also 1 of the biggest causes for illness in most countries where its easily acceptable.
I personally would be fine with banning the disgusting thing, but heh.
MitchofSmeg 1 year ago
@MitchofSmeg So you're aware making it illegal doesn't work and would only cause more problems but you're for banning it anyways? Seems pretty stupid. And I was a smoker for 8 years, quit 3 months ago and eh....don't know why people complain so much about quitting, really isn't that hard, I just stopped buying the shit. I guess I just like breathing properly.
Brewhahh 1 year ago
@MitchofSmeg the same (actually more so) can be said about alcohol.....
TheStonerification 1 year ago
Cenk, I have been to Bhutan and your accent is spot on. On the Pitcairn Islands smoking is not allowed and hasn't been for decades. There is one old resident who had trouble kicking the habit and he is allowed to smoke two cigarettes under supervision a day. Now this is officially what happens but in reality this is not what really happens.
cheddyrod 1 year ago
Cenk's anchor impression "The illicit traffic in marijuana" LOL
versanil 1 year ago
Scottish in there as well.
mynameis677 1 year ago
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I wish people would chill out about smoking. Everyone knows it's unhealthy, and also very enjoyable. So is eating fast food, drinking wine, spending too much time watching youtube, etc, etc. And just like all of those things, it's actually possible to do it responsibly. It's the responsibility of the individual what they consume and in what quantities.
GuyTM 1 year ago
I wish people would chill out about smoking. Everyone knows it's unhealthy, and also very enjoyable. So is eating fast food, drinking wine, spending too much time watching youtube, etc, etc. And just like all of those things, it's actually possible to do it responsibly. It's the responsibility of the individual what they consume and in what quantities.
GuyTM 1 year ago
@GuyTM
I agree. But you should smoke outside and not near anyone. You don't smell like shit if you have one glass of wine or actually eat right with fast food. Nor make the room smell horrible too. Or add smoke everywhere in a room.
AmericanNohbuddy 1 year ago
When will people realise prohibition is not a realistic solution? It can work in small communities but on a large scale it causes more problems than it solves. Im very against smoking however this is my view. Let the people smoke if they want just dont let them do it where the hell they want. I dont want to smell like an ashtray because you are smoking next to me. Or what really bugs me is when im in London and some dickhead decides he needs to pollute the crowd and lights one up.
AmusingYeti 1 year ago
Damn, smoking is bad for you, but I am all about freedom! Fuck the police state!
Beware, crazy shit like this is coming to America!
sodajr 1 year ago
@sodajr
The problem is its not just bad for you, but those around you that you smoke near too... Like i dunno, children.
MitchofSmeg 1 year ago
@MitchofSmeg
I am not saying it isn't bad for you, but just imagine the problems banning cigarettes will create.
Also the precedent it sets for the government to make random stuff illegal.
My main point: cars pollute very badly, and are hurting my health. Does that give me the right to take away everyone's right to drive? Nope!
Also, the government doesn't care about our health. Please research the CIA's involvement in drug trafficking. Then tell me what you think.
sodajr 1 year ago
@sodajr Driving is a privilege, not a right.
cynisturb 1 year ago
@cynisturb
Ok, I want you to stop driving because it is bad for my health. Thank you.
sodajr 1 year ago
"Smoke free"? By taking away people's right, they somehow became more "free"... I predict that a tobacco mafia will flourish there very soon.
Kuba022 1 year ago
The difference between a war on tobacco and a war on drugs is that drugs get you high but tobaccco doesnt. Most people get into smoking in college and high school trying to be cool. no one takes up smoking at 30 years old... this might work because tobacco is of no use to anyone except people already addicted
randikajamai 1 year ago
wow so you spend your tax dollars to find out if people are buying tobacoo....that country should never get aid from anyone
allianceFiLifeDotCom 1 year ago
Health nuts can be unreasonable fascists and this is proof.
I'm not going to deny the implications of smoking, but the assumed number of deaths from secondhand smoking have been debunked. They are based on flawed methodology, and the data was manipulated to achieve the desired result.
If you're going to bitch about secondhand smoke, please don't cite this study. Just say it smells bad and clearly it isn't good for you. If you say X number of people die, I'm going to call you out.
Slipknotyk06 1 year ago
All that banning smoking will accomplish is in creating petty criminals. People will find away to feed their addiction weather it's growing, or obtaining it from dealers. And since they are already breaking the law, it may lead them to decide to obtain other illegal substances such as marijuana.
megafeltch 1 year ago
@GJNCA i never said tobacco wasnt dangerous- i just said that it wasnt as dangerous... big difference, and im just wondering why would it be easier to ban tobacco than it would be to ban drugs or booze? is it because tobacco is mostly made in the US- while other drugs and booze are often imported from other countries? i really want to know, because i really dont think the US could get away with a tobacco ban especially with so many people addicted
crazzynez 1 year ago
heres what i say to people that want to ban smoking. the only people that get to bitch about secondhand smoke are people who never drive or ride in a car,taxi,bus,jet,airplain or any transportation that runs on fuel.
if you bitch about secondhand smoke but use any of those fuck you and you should kill yourself of shame for being a hypocrite
angelwolf333 1 year ago
I support Bhutan in its fight to end smoking... Smokers are so fuckin' annoying at bus stops when I'm waiting for a bus...
TheEsotericDesi 1 year ago
@GJNCA While I agree that tobacco poses health risks you be crazy if you think they could get away with a tobacco ban...
coma0789 1 year ago
Cenk sounded Arabian 0,0
corebore13 1 year ago
Maybe they have a political agenda because of their rivalry with Nepal.
interfan63 1 year ago
the black market is now happier then ever
masterdk29 1 year ago
I am Irish and that sounded nothing like me.
TheJay2312 1 year ago
Ordinarily I'd say this is a terrible idea but the people running Bhutan do a particularly good job in most respects so I'd say it's worth giving them the benefit of the doubt in this case.
tangent272 1 year ago
bhatan people speak with irish/indian accents. lmao
yitzchak13 1 year ago
Just hike the taxes up and make it a pain in the ass to pay for smokes. Don't make it illegal, just more of a hassle than it's worth. Many people are very price conscious with their indulgences, if the prices go up too high, they'll do something else.
Ocker3 1 year ago
@Ocker3 Cigars are a luxury, (well not that much, but seriously, no one needs them for living) for what rising a tax from tobacco wouldn't be a bad idea. The tobacco quiting would be gradual, so the employees of tobacco companies would not end up in the streets suddenly, in fact the tobacco industry would still there, but would sell less. But, the problem is, can u just imagine the debate XD I mean, the critizism, the "obama is a commie" thing and all that crap, would have us crazy!
rolingpingu 1 year ago
Ooh, they're smoke-free. Big whoop... Let people smoke! Is the title of this video supposed to be some kind of fanfare in celebration, as if you REALLY hate smoking that much? I know this is a liberal channel, but for god sakes, it's just tobacco. Only paternalist and moralist authoritarian douchebags who think they know better than you ban something like tobacco because "it's unhealthy."
whoo689 1 year ago
Tobacco IS a drug. Even if it is the drug of choice America exports to other nations.
But it doesn't naturally grow or exist outside of the Americas. So why should other countries not treat it exactly the same way they treat opium and marijuana products?
TheHobgoblyn 1 year ago
@TheHobgoblyn umm maybe because Tobacco isnt as dangerous as those products....
crazzynez 1 year ago
@crazzynez Don't fool yourself. Tobacco is every bit as dangerous as marijuana... as for opiates, they are primarily only more dangerous because they get super concentrated before being used. If one were to do with tobacco what is done with opium to make heroine or coca to make cocaine, it could overload the system just as much.
Tobacco is just another plant one can inhale to get high. If you will ban one, may as well ban them all. Only reason it is legal anywhere is for American profit.
TheHobgoblyn 1 year ago
@TheHobgoblyn its about as dangerious as walking out into the street , or eating a big mac all contains pah it all mutates and is the risk taken into account like any activity , if they going to ban tobbaco cos its dangerious then should ban food,drink , cookers , cars ,indusutry ,everything and wrap everyone in cotton wool yet will still get heart attacks,stroke and lung cancer , cancers induced threw radon and other hazards but wont be treatable by anything cos it wasnt mutated by anything
koocxela 1 year ago
@koocxela Tobacco ends up killing about 1/3rd of the people who begin using it regularly. That is much higher than the percentage of people who cross streets or eat big macs and die from that activity. Furthermore, neither crossing streets nor eating big macs drive everyone who does so to keep doing so endlessly until it kills them. I've never heard of anyone struggling to quit eating hamburgers.
TheHobgoblyn 1 year ago
@TheHobgoblyn where subjects have died earlier then others yes it kills 1/3rd ,in life it actually kills all of them cos they do die evently & since in the medical notes they are a smoker that will be the cause, overlooking wieght , diet, sleeping next to a reactor core etc so for me its corrupt ive never heard of anyone dying from smoking a cig , peanuts yes also achohol,those alergic to latex , cars obviously espesially those with asbestos brake pads they dropped like flys but smoking, none
koocxela 1 year ago
dont encourage smoking it does damage and conrtibute to illness's also stinks but have never had it in my books as a killer.
koocxela 1 year ago
@koocxela No one has ever died of smoking marijuana either. Nor was opium or coca lethal before they were super concentrated. My general arguement still stands unrefuted-- if one is going to ban other plants that cause people to get highs, then there is no reason to treat Tobacco as a completely, totally, unrelated issue EXCEPT that it is more common because during the 19th century America made a lot of its money off of growing and exporting the drug world wide and the practice continues today.
TheHobgoblyn 1 year ago