>>No where in the constitution is the federal government granted an enumerated power giving it the authority to tell me or anyone else what we can and can not put into our bodies.
Oy, you’re such a traditionalist, what about the public health, general welfare, and the CHILDREN, DAMMIT IT, MAN, THE CHILLUN!
Get with the modern statists, dude.
As all smokers experience, friends, family, co-workers, strangers will comment on it being bad for us, will kill us, etc...
I always and immediately respond "I do it for the children. You don't hate children do you?"
This produces a very puzzled look. I ask again, you don't hate children do you? They always respond no. I inform them that they better start smoking then. Because cigarette taxes pay for childrens health care.