@CastellanoED @kcarruthers The bans on smoking in so many places has been wildly effective in bringing down the smoking rate, and protecting people who don't smoke. It also bolstered the snottiness some people throw at those who are still addicted (or actually choose to smoke), but this seems a price worth paying.

Any blame for it sits primarily with the tobacco and fossil fuel companies, and the people people they hired (Heartland Institute) for decades of propagandizing.