Comment by JumpCrisscross

> wtf. This is a clear restriction on liberty

The title is hyperbolic. It isn't a ban on smoking. It's a "ban on buying cigarettes." Commerce is being restricted, not consumption. If, presumably, you bring your own in from France, or someone bums one to you, it would appear you're free to smoke it.

That broadly seems to strike a fair balance. Banning purchases and sales, not possession or consumption.