The federal government has the power to make all kinds of dangerous substances illegal, like crystal meth and ecstacy. So why don't they make smoking illegal? The only answer I can come up with is that some very powerful and rich owners of tobacco interests have the politicians firmly in their grip. If the politicians want to stay in power, they have to "strike a deal with the devil". What can we do to force the politicians to make smoking illegal in 2011?
1. Network civil activist groups like the Spirit Bear coalition and organize a leadership team.
2. Get our facts straight. Conduct scientific polls to convince politicians to support criminalization.
3. Recruit high profile spokes-people.
4. Get the press on our side. Conduct a viral social media blitz.
5. Push for a national referendum.
6. General strikes, boycott key tax generators and flash demonstrations at high profile sites. Schools and universities strike first, and then private industry and the public sector. Hurting the governments tax revenue by striking and boycotting in industries that generate the most tax revenue, we can put pressure on the politicians to criminalize tobacco.
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