This is a petition to outlaw the usage of smoking tobacco. Tobacco, a staple of the United States' economy in the 18th to 19th centuries, is now merely a health liability. With current research it is common knowledge that smoking tobacco often causes cancer and other potentially terminal illnesses. Not only is smoking tobacco a health risk to the person smoking, it is proven that second-hand smoke is a constant hazard to the continued health of American citizens. The habit of Smoking tobacco also comes at great financial expense to those who are addicted. Smoking tobacco's acknowledged addictive qualities have put countless Americans into even further financial strains in the current, challenging economic environment.Please join me in signing this petition to ban smoking in the U.S.



