[cm2012]

Tobacco is an addictive product that on average hurts the people who use it as a negative utility. Almost every other product people buy has a positive utility. Tobacco, along with other drugs, is uniquely bad.

[bandofthehawk]

> Tobacco, along with other drugs, is uniquely bad.

How can it be "uniquely bad" if it's "along with other drugs"?

[SauntSolaire]

I took that to mean "addictive drugs are uniquely bad compared to the general category of 'consumer goods'"

[toasty228]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Rational...

Tobacco ranks pretty high in term of dependence and physical harm, especially considering that it's legal.

[harimau777]

Not every drug has the same effects and side effects. For example, marijuana is much less dangerous than heroin.

[throwaway173738]

I don’t think Marijuana is likely to land you in the ED in quite the same way but the habitual smokers I’ve met tended to way underestimate how impaired they are by it and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of them drive and operate equipment while suffering those effects. Even the framing of Marijuana as a non-addictive substance seems to be a marketing framing.

[bandofthehawk]

Yes, that was kind of my point. Either tobacco is uniquely bad or it can be grouped "along with other drugs". It can't be both.