One of the most enduring lessons of American history is that the banning of liquor sales and consumption ('the noble experiment') was a colossal failure.
One of the most enduring lessons of American history is that the banning of liquor sales and consumption was a colossal failure.
Ninety years after the failure of Prohibition, we are going to try it again with smokers. Ironically, many of the same liberals who campaigned for three decades for the legalization of marijuana and other soft drugs now want to effectively ban smoking. But even if all of these virtuous results were true, since when is the federal government empowered to regulate the health and riskiness of Americans’ personal habits? Don’t we have a right as Americans to do things that are bad for us? Or do we slouch toward a nanny state?
I’m not a smoker, and I don’t like it when people smoke around me and I have to inhale and smell the cigar or cigarette smoke. I taught my children not to smoke or use drugs, and smoking cessation programs in schools make a lot of sense. I have friends who died far too young because of their chain-smoking habits. On the other hand, I do, on rare occasions, smoke cigarettes — especially when stressed out.
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