But that doesn't mean I think the government has any business with it.
You have to be a MORON to pay $7 a pack, but intelligence can't be legislated.
The worry over second hand smoke is bogus. I grew up in a household of smokers. My lungs are perfect and I am 70+.
After practicing medicine for 36 years this is what I have observed:
*A very few people can smoke like a chimney and exhibit no ill effects. I suspect that this is genetic since most of them provide a history that their parents smoked and lived past 80.
*The majority of people who smoke will exhibit decreased lung function after about 20 years of smoking. If they continue to smoke their lung function will continue to deteriorate.
*Some people have poor lung function regardless of tobacco use. If they smoke it only makes things worse.
If we graphed my statements they would resemble the Bell Curve just like most things in Nature.
All this being said, I am not in favor of anyone using tobacco in any form. Why take the chance?
OTOH, it is none of the gubbmint’s business. If you want to smoke, have at it. Its your life. Just don’t expect me to feel sorry for you when you develop COPD or lung cancer.
The government never stops its tyrannical advance. Never!
Ooooh....invisible double-secret second-hand smoke.
According to the World Health Organization’s study of secondhand smoke, it either has no effect or a protective effect. The results were so different from what they expected that they didn’t make a big deal over them.