[SheLion]

I assume you are all for the legalisation of marijuana in public restaurants then. Can't have that pesky government telling the owners what can and cannot be smoked in their own establishment can we.

Oh don't be such an ass.  Cigarettes are a legal commodity.  Always has been.

I don't get into the WOD because I don't do illegal drugs, thank you! 

[Gabz]

Actually cigarettes have not always been legal.......there have been periods throughout history where many forms of tobacco were illegal, including right here in the US.

[bobdsmith]

"Oh don't be such an ass. Cigarettes are a legal commodity. Always has been."

The illegality of marijuana has been set by the kind of interference of government that you have said you don't agree with. It seems to me that you don't actually mind the government restricting what other people can do as long as they aren't restricting you. I wonder if you would mind if you were in the position where someone was legally smoking a joint near you in a restaurant.

The differences between the overall bad effects of marijuana use and tobacco use are negliable. There is logically no reason to support one and want to ban the other.

Your arguments in support of tobacco have destroyed most of the common arguments against legalising marijuana anyway. For example one common argument against legalising maruijana is that it would cost the taxpayers lots in paying for the medical effects. But you have already destroyed that argument by pointing out that tobacco users pay these costs through their purchases (and it would be no different with marijuana)