Even so, I don't think it's necessary to be Tyrannical in an effort to reduce it.
Freedom isn't always pretty.
I don’t think we’ve been Tyrannical in trying to reduce it.
Most of the battle has been about polluted air in indoor public places the rights on non-smokers vs smokers. I don’t see that as Tyrannical at all.
And my guess is that the taxes don’t even begin to cover the smoking related medical costs that the government ends up picking up.
It seems to me that on threads like this, there are posts indicating that some smokers want e-cigs to regain the rights to indoor public smoking. I think the burden of proof should remain on the e-cig industry to prove that no vapors are emitted, or that if there are vapors emitted that they are neither harmful nor smell. And right now the studies indicate vapors are emitted and they are likely to be harmful, though not as harmful as traditional cigarettes.
And then there are posts from disgruntled smokers who haven’t come to grips that they’ve been relegated to a sub-culture. They want the smokers club back. They want to foul the air in public places. Misery loves company and they want as many people to join them in their vile habit as they can get. For them I post the PSA’s.