Given its myraid connections to severe health problems, including cancer and decreased health over a long span.. tobacco, should not be legalized, period. Whatever meager health benefits the plants may provide do not make up for the extensive health problems it has been known to cause for decades. Did you know, that every year 771 Trillion Cigarettes are produced world wide? over 10 years that's 7.71 QUADRILLION, or more than a million cigarettes for EVERY PERSON on this planet. Simply put, because of the sheer number produced each year, it is impossible to get rid of cigarettes, even if they were banned from the market.