should tobacco be prohibited

Should the same laws which prohibit the sale and consumption

of heroin be applied to tobacco?

Recently, a hostile debate arouse when a few well reputable health organizations suggested the

application of a similar act of heroin selling and usage prohibition _. In this assay, I will analyse why

the adoption of such a law could be a breakthrough in our youngsters safety, according to my vision.

Firstly , tobacco does not differ much from heroin when it comes to the later addictive effect. Nicotin ,

the active ingredient in tobacco, exerts its effect by acting directly on smoker’s brain cells. Numerous

experiments carried out by scientist on animals, specailly rats, proved that this toxic chemical does lead

by time to dependency, just similar to the effect experienced with herion.

Secondly, restriction on cigerattes selling will surely show an instant decline in tobacco smoking. ”

Having an easy access to cigarettes puts a tremendous pressure, specially on teenagers,to resist such a

temptation” Dr.Hisham , head of Pschycology department at Alexandria Medical college , states

firmly. “Giving the new generation the sense that the severity of smoking is equivilant to other lethal

drugs usage woulod be a life saving step,they will thank us for() as they get older.” he continues.

To recapitulate, applying of a futuristic law as the suggested one will definetly have a positive

impact ,not only on young people’s health but on our society as a whole.