“Nicotine Is a Drug”

San Francisco is trying to ban the sale of tobacco products at all stores containing pharmacies. That strategy may not help dissuade smoking; keeping tobacco users out of stores where they might consult someone knowledgeable about the effects of drugs.

To reduce smoking, a smarter move would be to ban the sale of cigarettes in all stores that sell lighters.

Make them walk down the street to the other store. They’d be wheezing so much by the time they walked a couple of blocks, they might just say ‘forget it.’