Mr. Wrede, it boggles my mind that anyone can claim that the public hasn't been beaten over the head with warnings about smoking. It's not only been adequate, it's been suffocating. Government (and you as a supporter) has every right to lobby Congress for the outlawing of tobacco, period. Anything short of that is an affront to the very cornerstones of our country's foundation. It's vile to call these cornerstones of our Constitution "hypertechnical." As is the healthcare cost argument that is not only debateable (as many economists find it's the longest living among us that ultimately cost the most) but steeped in socialism. At what price liberty? Go over a line in an otherwise legal lifestyle choice and your liberty is rescinded? Adults do not depend on being "allowed" anything legal by govt. We need not gain your permission or approval.