If a business wants to allow smoking then the so be it, government should stay out!

I think you mean well, Italia, but I believe you're naï¿½ve. I'm all for education. Cigarette taxes are already going for education as well as public health programs. Consider the following excerpt from the May 27th, 2007 edition of the Oakland Press: "Smokers pay a premium for their habit in Michigan. At $2 a pack, Michigan's cigarette tax is among the highest in the country. The money goes for health programs, the state general fund and the School Aid Fund. For every $2 collected, schools get 83.2 cents, the general fund gets 39.4 cents, Wayne County gets 1.2 cents and the rest goes to fund health programs and the state portion of Medicaid. The Wayne County portion is for care of the indigent. Under state law, counties with a population of more than 2 million get a slice of the cigarette tax." And that is similar to other states' programs. So, the education is out there. You yourself credited some sources. "The TRUTH commercials and other various information about how horrible cigarettes can effect a persons health is all I needed" to quit. The people who still smoke don't need anymore education to quit. They need incentive. My mother said she would never quit. Until they took out half a lung. She lasted 5 years and then it came back in May. She was dead by Christmas and will never know her two grandkids (nor they her). I would rather people be a little ticked off and be forced to quit from law than from illness or death. You wanna save people ? There you are. I applaud your efforts to back up your claims with facts. Your argument about cars polluting and causing cancer is pertinent. However, consider this: According to Cancer Facts & Figures 2007, "for 2007, an estimated 1,444,920 new cases of cancer are expected, along with 559,650 cancer deaths. Lung cancer remains the top cancer killer among both men and women, the report shows. Around 160,390 deaths are expected in 2007. About 213,380 people are expected to develop lung cancer." We all know that tobacco smoke causes lung cancer as well as other cancers, COPD, emphysema, etc. 1500 (0.1% of all cancers) being caused by cars (with cars as prevalent as they are) isn't too bad. The crux of your argument lies in other things being just as bad as smoking; weed-wacking because you like the sound. I believe this to be a stretch and, while highly unlikely, I'll give you that. It could happen. But here is the important difference. All of these other items you listed weren't being used as intended. They were being MIS-used. Anything being misused has the potential to be harmful. Cigarettes, on the other hand, kill and cause illness when used as directed. And therein lies the rub. In a perfect society, we would have non-polluting cars, no crime, safe food to eat, etc. Until we have that perfect society we need to content ourselves with eliminating non-essential, harmful substances. And smoking, being a number one killer, is a good place to start. Oh, and the comment about having faith in people ? I do in spite of themselves. But one could ask--How can you have faith in people when they continually do things that are at odds with what all the world knows is wrong and harmful ?