Australia could become the first major nation to outlaw smoking

[Warpy]

16. Yes and no

#1. Not really. Smokers die sooner and are less likely to become frail elderly, increasing the burden on the rest of the citizenry. I think this one is likely a wash.

#2. Once a government is invested in being a nanny to adults, it's hard to get them to stop. Today cigarettes. Tomorrow, fried food. Next year, free speech. It's for your own good, you know.

#3. I hate smoking with a purple and undying passion, it makes me deathly sick to be around. Having said that, I would never vote to ban it outright, only in confined spaces indoors. If somebody whips out a cigarette in my presence indoors, I tell them I'll throw up on them and that isn't a threat, it's a prediction. Outdoors I don't like the stink but I'm a big girl and I can tolerate it since the stink isn't what makes me sick.