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Originally Posted by FluidConcept
Yeah I can see your point now. However, it wouldn't stop people who are addicted to smoking being addicted, so tobacco sales wouldn't necessarily change. They might even increase - the majority of people aren't just gonna smoke blunts if cannabis was legal  Additionally, more people smoking cannabis could lead to more people smoking tobacco; in my experience, most people who smoke a lot of cannabis also smoke tobacco. |
see, tobacco companies sell a product that KILLS PEOPLE, so as their clientel die, they need to recruit new ones. so if they stopped adverising all together, sales would probably decrease. not by much, because cigarette ads are already rather scarce (in the us at least) but still- out of sight, out of mind.
Also, I don't htink people smoking weed would lead to tobacco smoking. if someone smokes weed before smoking tobacco they'd probably think "cigarettes?!?! what's the point. they don't taste nearly as good as weed, they don't get you high, and they are addictive!"
so yeah why would anyone go from weed to tobacco? i can see the other way around but... yeah.