Hawaii's dangerous idea: Allowing people to smoke is equivalent to killing them

In Hawaii, a newly proposed law wants a radical change: by 2024, raise the legal age to purchase cigarettes to 100. The bill which, if passed, would amount to a ban on smoking might seem like a clever and simple solution. But the logic behind the proposal is that only those above the arbitrary age limit are capable of making their own choices.

Smoking, especially in private, is a self-affecting action, much like eating too much sugar, having a couple beers every day, or not exercising.