Crazy...Like a Fox

ETK comments in response to my post yesterday on smoking bans. It's worthy of a full post of its own:

I have an idea, and it may sound a little crazy, but here goes.

Make the sale, the manufacture for sale, and distribution for sale, of cigarettes illegal.

But allow the selling of tobacco, and rolling papers, for personal use only.

Just imagine it for a moment, if you will..,

This would not be an attempt to stop anyone from smoking, but just to change the smoking culture.

It is a drug, and those who want to waste their time rolling their own cigarettes should be allowed to.

But the merchant's of death massive drug delivery pipeline would most likely slow a bit, and probably a lot.

Oh yes, rolling machines would be illegal too, as well as the sale of any device specifically intended to make the rolling of cigarettes easier.

And yes, smoking culture would remain, and in fact take on a new level of sophistication, as seen in the marijuana culture. Small groups of youngsters would pass around hand rolled cigarettes, and smoking would be "cooler" than ever before.

But, I suspect most people over time would just give it up, and that eventually few would smoke.

ETK

Hmmmm...I'm not sure what to think about that but its interesting.