SC, I know you watched the West Wing, and I don't specifically remember what the episode was about, but I do remember it had something to do with outlawing tobacco, and Leo's comment to POTUS was, "Great! Another new market for smugglers. We'll have speakeasies all over the country with people lighting up Marlboro Lights!".

After the failure that was Prohibition, I think that the government would stop trying to legislate these sort of things. Well, unless it's a revenue-raiser. Gambling is bad, but lottery tickets are okay because they raise revenue. Oh, casinos are okay, too, because of all the cash that flows into the public coffers. Oh, and it's fine to SELL cigarettes, but let's tax the hell out of them and line our pockets with Big Tobacco money.