Topic: Health and Law
Description:
Most antismoking laws carry penalties equivalent to parking tickets, but a few jurisdictions place infractions at the level of misdemeanors. At least one state has considered the criminalization of smoking by minors. Do you think such health-related conduct should be criminalized?
What are the obligations of parents as it relates to this topic? See this commercial –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmzDLzqQ-A0.
Do you think this impacted the behavior of parents in 1967? How would it impact today?
How far do we as a society go with the law?