Memories of the 28th Century

What has been the effect of the dramatic decrease in tobacco smoking in the last few decades? Smoking makes people happier. Has a decrease in smoking made people collectively less happy? Has the decrease in smoking done anything for anyone?

I don't recall having seen anything on this matter before, but let's take a little look at the aggregate, since looking at individuals will just tell us about a few individuals. I just search for online information about the campaign against smoking ...

I haven’t had a cigarette in years (I can’t remember exactly how many), but I haven’t quit, nor have I lost my bias toward freedom, so I still defend the right for people to live their own lives. Today I got a laugh when I saw an article in the Hampshire Gazette about towns trying to ban those electronic cigarettes now. If this new example of nanny government is being “justified” by health claims, then there is a major problem. But, as with so many things, the press only presents information that ...

Again, I harken back to that time I wasted last Friday in a meeting regarding access to medical facilities, etc. Some of the many things mentioned in passing included smoking cessation and alcohol and drug addiction programs, which were briefly mentioned as things that the medical industry must address, as if there is anything necessarily wrong or unhealthy with the use of tobacco and various other addictive drugs. Each substance is different, but, as a general matter, they are not unhealthy, regardless ...