People have the right to smoke. You can't force people to do things based on your own personal opinion. I personally don't smoke because i understand the dangers involved with it, but if someone else wanted to do so i wouldn't care. They are making a decision to smoke. They know it's going to shorten their life, but they still smoke because it gives them pleasure. Anyway, my point is that we can't shove our personal ideologies down peoples throats. By the way, I don't believe that the Government has any reason to ban any "illicit substance," these drugs only affect the user.