Debate:Should government restrictions on smoking be tightened or rolled back?

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Background

If one assumes that the science which has determined smoking to be hazardous and even deadly over time is valid, then some degree of government regulation is warranted. For example, no reasonable person would dispute that smoking by minors should be prohibited.

The degree to which smoking by adults should be regulated is more debatable, however. Some argue that there's no justification for the legal sale of any product that causes cancer and related diseases like emphysema with not offsetting benefit. Others say that this is a matter of individual choice, and that as long as adults are given the facts, they should have the right to make that choice for themselves.