A little over two hundred years ago, the United States of America was founded because a bunch people didn't feel like paying their taxes. In America today, we have more taxes than our founding fathers could have dreamed, and our government has pervaded nearly every aspect of our lives. However, sometimes it seems that this is completely ignored by the government, like when it makes a decision to regulate tobacco products. Since we are a democracy and our government thrives on the participation of its citizens, the idea of government playing a role of baby sitter to the American people is unnecessary and insulting.
Regulation of tobacco seems like a good idea.
After all, it centers around a singular idea that smoking and tobacco use is harmful. Well, it is harmful. Tobacco has been linked to things like chronic bronchitis and heart disease, and thousands of people die each year of diseases associated with the use of tobacco. It is an admirable cause to try to discourage the use of something so lethal. The problem with it is that it is not the government's concern to make sure people don't kill themselves.