Hell, even the tobacco companies are supporting the legislation. And why wouldn't they be? Think about it, if the government is the one regulating, it makes the tobacco companies less responsible, meaning less potential suits against them.
Also, nobody is saying you cant smoke, they are just saying if you are going to you will pay a premium for it. In other words if you quit you get the bonus of saving ALOT more money now.
Either way, there is not really much we can do about it anyway. Except overthrow the government, and yeah....I'm sure that would work out for us