Not as many people die from second hand smoke as is often presented. Even the campaigns that run ads to encourage quitting pay out salaries and generate funding

Not as many people die from second hand smoke as is often presented. Even the campaigns that run ads to encourage quitting pay out salaries and generate funding to stay alive, so they've got to keep developing slogans and make charts to fund their existence. If that was the case, the smokers, who had "first hand" smoke, would be dying a lot more frequently. Many of the people that died of lung cancer historically were exposed to asbestos products, which greatly skewed diagnoses for many many years... Many people who also never smoked in their lives died of lung cancer because of the prevalence of asbestos products in building materials as well. Most people don't know this because it would have resulted in many well embedded companies going bankrupt. You'd also be surprised to know how smoking actually curbs incidents of rage, violence, suicide, and anger in people too, but there are no proper scientific studies because of the blinding bias promoted by companies that also seek to make a profit. There is a deeper discussion involved in quality of life versus quantity of life too, that is often overlooked, and no matter what regulation comes into play, nothing is going to stop a person from growing tobacco and smoking it even with prohibition, we know this from all the people that were murdered and made rich over bootlegging alcohol. This moral legislation is a waste of time, it's harmful to progress, and it's destructive to American freedoms that characterize the country. Also ask yourself, why nicotine gum and patches (made to help people quit smoking) are always priced so high... This will further demonstrate the financial drive behind all aspects of tobacco. Tobacco was also a main driver of slave trade historically, meaning there are several companies that sold it and now are tied to investments and profit within the industry, including health care companies. CVS sold cigarettes for years, and that's likely a huge part of why they are still in business to this day. I'm thoroughly convinced that moves like this have little to do with concern for the health of individuals. Smoking is a bad habit, but why is it always more polarizing than stock market manipulation, work wage theft, regulation of insurance industries, and so many other things that would improve the lives of citizens if not to shift profit elsewhere... Government operates to protect companies and the wealthy now, not an individual making minimum wage with a smoking problem.