It has always amazed me that when government targeted smokers, "conservatives" fell into lock-step. What would they say if government did the same to alcohol?
And what would they say, for the sake of public health, that the government makes everyone get vaccinated?
Was leafing through National Geographic from the 50’s and saw a photo of Moscow with an ad decrying the evils of smoking. It just took a little while longer for us to embrace groupthink.
The way serious cigar smokers deal with the ban on Cuban cigars is the future for a wide variety of products in a pfascist world—we totally ignore the laws, order online from a variety of excellent vendors, and pay no tax because the product is illegal.
The unenforceable and unenforced laws have created huge international vendors like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8F39O2Q30A