License2Quit

EasyP, I honestly don't understand your whole bit about freedom. The registry Idea does not remove personal choice, it just gives you another option if you feel you need it. Currently you have the choice to smoke or not to smoke. These choices are still available, I'm just purposing we add a third: a non-smoking registry which allows you to give up your right to lawfully purchase tobacco. "Quitting is ABSOLUTELY a choice" >>> Half of our nations smokers tried to quit and failed last year. Simplify that matter if you want to, but it's a bit more complex then just a matter of simple choice. If smoking is just a matter choice, nicotine patches wouldn't be a billion dollar industry. How many of the ~400,000 people that died last year from smoking wanted to escape addiction, but were incapable of it? My guess is most of them. It's not just a choice like any other choice, it's a choice to enter into a battle with addiction as our opponent. Unfortunately for many of us here, addiction often wins. - Maybe I am a spammer in denial, but I created this organization not to make money, but to try to do something to help the tens millions of people who tried and failed at quitting last year. I thought this a relevant place to post such a campaign. I'll check back in next week and tell you how I'm doing.

I agree that it is your right to sell cigarettes. Though I also believe the right thing to do is to not sell to someone who wishes to stop smoking, but cannot. Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like most people can agree with that piece of logic. License2Quit is my attempt at a solution. The strength of our will power vs the strength of addiction is not an individual choice. Many of us reading this forum wish to quit but never will. Your 'right' to sell us cigarettes and our inability to say no will send many of us to a premature death. License2Quit lets us say: 'Please don't sell me cigarettes. I'm trying to stop' Just a novel Idea, not spam.

Yes, things are easy peasy when not given due consideration. In reply to the small amount of meat in your message: 1. This law does not infringe on anybody's freedom. It's a voluntary registry for those wishing to stop smoking.

Hi, I'm working on a project to promote a new piece of legislation designed to help the quitters. Our legislation proposes that a ‘non-smoking registry’ be created and those individuals who join the registry will no longer be allowed to purchase tobacco products. Our idea is slowly gaining some traction, but it is in it's infancy and needs visibility and support to have a chance. If you are interested to learn more, check it out here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-save-440-000-lives-this-year/x/4169381#home Please feel free to provide feedback. -Matt