Debates by Category: Smoking

January 24, 2010

Use More Cigarette-Tax Dollars to Stop Smoking

States should be required to spend more of their tobacco-tax revenue on anti-smoking resources. Pro or con?

November 3, 2009

Outlaw Parental Smoking

In light of the dangers of third-hand smoke—plus what’s already known about secondhand smoke—governments should make it illegal for people with children to smoke. Pro or con?

July 16, 2008

Let Smokers in from the Cold—or Heat

Office buildings should allow smoking indoors in designated lounges. Pro or con?

July 18, 2007

Stamp Out Cigarette Taxes

The U.S. should repeal punitive cigarette taxes. They hurt poor and middle-class smokers more than they help the antismoking movement. Pro or con?

Update! Podcast: Hear a lively discussion as Gary Nolan and Eric Lindblom respond to your reader comments