Comment by projektfu

It's a restriction on liberty but not an unjustified one. I agree that it gives cigarettes a "mystique" that they do not deserve to have one generation able to smoke if they like while another generation has to go outside the law to do so.

When I was a smoker, I used to decry places that were less liberal about where I was allowed to smoke, and places with high taxes. As a former smoker, I know that the high taxes have enabled a lot of people to stop, and the restrictions got to a point where smoking was less "cool" and more "pariah" behavior. These influences helped me stop.

If you didn't read "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking", go do so, and smoke/vape no more.

If everyone appreciated how little value they receive from tobacco/nicotine and how easy it really is to quit, there would be no market.