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Well, one argument in favour would be that any place that has some sort of public health service has the right to ban anything illegal they want since you will, after all, be using up their resources if you get ill early or whatever.
A counter-argument would be that then smokers/druggies/etc. should just pay more to make up for what they'll cost society, or be allowed to opt out and pay their own bills. Sadly, that doesn't work, because then the rich can do all the drugs they want while the poor can't without having no health care at all.
Another argument might be that it's For The Kids.
However, I think people should be free to smoke within the confines of their own home, still, I do feel some sympathy for any kids trapped in a home with chain-smoking parents. I swear, there was a ■■■■■■■ cloud of cigarette smoke in my home while I was growing up, and it wasn't always fun.
At the same time, of course, I think people shouldn't exaggerate with such things as "medieval ages." It's just smoking. It's just nicotine. It's not like they're banning a political philosophy, books or your freedom of expression, just a drug.
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