Bingowings said:
Everyone who drives funnels crap into the general environment, the air pollution levels caused by puffing away is practically non existent compared to cars but you can chose a car in colour you like without the need of a great big pair of clogged up lungs painted on the bonnet.
You talk like there's no electric cars or hybrids that lessen such a thing. Even so lets say those things entirely don't exist. The benefits of transport vehicles vastly outweigh the benefits of cigarette smoking. An ambulance can bring with it equipment to save the life of an individual suffering a heart attack. A truck can bring enough food for 50 or more people. A person can get fast food for their family so they can survive another day. A van can bring a movie to a movie theater which brings entertainment to many movie goers. A helicopter can bring large containers of water to stop a forest fire. A firetruck can make it possible to stop an apartment fire. A plane can bring vaccinations around the world. Trains and subways make it possible for people to get to work and sustain the economy. You get the idea.
Conversely there's very little benefit that you can attribute to the smoking of a cigarette. You make the smoker feel good for a few minutes and it possibly creates a nice gathering of people who don't mind the smoke for a few minutes.
One helps saves lives, sustains the economy, stops forests from being burnt down, brings medicine, food, entertainment for many. The other basically makes the smoker feel good for a few minutes. When smoking can't measure up in the slightest to the benefits of having a car your argument looses. Yes there's risk to car ownership such as accidents but, there's tons of risk involved with cigarette smoke. So to say cars are worse just because of the smoke factor is just narrow minded when there's far more benefits to having such transportation.
