“Big Brother can make a difference, just not necessarily with the long arm of the law.”

NPR Goats and Soda: 2 Approaches To Ending Smoking: Laws And Labels.

“We hear it from smokers struggling to quit all the time: “If only they’d make it illegal, then I’d have to quit.”

[…] Many countries have been experimenting with anti-tobacco strategies and legislation for years, but of all the efforts — from Orwellian-style bans to smoke-free cars — only a handful seem to have delivered results.

Oddly, making smoking illegal isn’t one of them.”