I think smokers are actually one of the latest groups to suffer the lash. But certainly not the last. The increase of laws and regulations restricting liberty has gone hand-in-hand with increased taxation and data collection reducing prosperity. Control is the ultimate goal. Control the economy through confiscation, redistribution and earnings suppression. Control the people through laws, regulations and balkanization.
Yes, I've been an arm waver from the beginning, saw it coming a mile away.
Control is the strategy, balkanization is the tactic.