[Hemingway's Ghost]

TOBACCO NEWCOMERS????!!!!!

Yes, your arguments vis-a-vis tobacco smoking and freedom are reminiscent of the things we've been arguing vis-a-vis marijuana smoking and freedom for years now. Welcome to the club.

[SheLion]

Yes, your arguments vis-a-vis tobacco smoking and freedom are reminiscent of the things we've been arguing vis-a-vis marijuana smoking and freedom for years now. Welcome to the club.

Yes! But tobacco has always been a legal commodity.

[lockjaw02]

Actually, the tobacco wars have been going on for many centuries. It's only because of sheer numbers of users that it wasn't included earlier in the modern day war on drugs.

Also a percentage of marijuana users are pushing for more restrictions and controls on tobacco. It seems hypocritical to decry the restrictions on them but support it for others. One reason being is that the anti-smokers will fight to their dying breath and government has to side with them, because the arguments we are using for freedom from state-sponsored oppression also correlate to those for legalization of marijuana. So, I assume, some are doing it just to awaken the masses of complacent tobacco consumers who don't foresee the eventual prohibition of all growth, manufacturing, transport, and sale of tobacco as with other drugs. Many will switch sides as smokers begin winning more battles and try to be included in the general arguments to help repeal all war on drugs laws.

The collective Governments' are in a catch-22 situation. They can't really oppose tobacco restrictions with their support for other drug restrictions, yet to fight consumer tobacco interests, they are awakening the nascent masses to oppose their total control.