Smoking and Drinking Ages - Pointless?

[devonin]

Originally Posted by Tokzic

You know, on the other hand, as a Canadian, I think I might support the idea of making smoking illegal, for one reason: All Canadians pay tax to pay for the consequences of their pointless addiction. I don't know anyone who smokes and still wants to. When healthcare is paid for by everyone, the "right to destroy your body" isn't quite as powerful an argument.

That objection only really stands if, because of smokers needing health services more often than non-smokers, you as a non-smoker run the risk of losing access to health care.

If you pay X to the government to fund healthcare, and can always get what services you need, it shouldn't actually matter whether other people are using that system more often than you.