> No one minds people smoking tobacco at home (away from their kids), or
> outside (but not near me).
>
> It isn't any of my business.

The problem with you response is that it's internalized.  I asked how
society would view it.

Today we have people that want to tell smokers where they can and
can't smoke.  We fund anti-smoking campaigns with tax dollars from the
general fund and yet we fund cancer research with cigarette sales tax
money.  States have sued tobacco companies and won or settled based on
medical issues that arise from smoking.

If non-tobacco products were "legalized" in all 50 states would that
not lead to the commercialization of such products?  Might it not lead
to the same cycle as the tobacco industry fell into, where over the
course of 50 years smoking went from glamorized to demonized?

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