>>Agree 100%. Its mainly a mentality change in the public opinion that is needed. People have to have some time to accept the facts and let them see that it is for the good of the whole society to change the mind set.
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>>Actually, When I came to the US in the early zero's , smoking in public places was already prohibited, while in Europe it was not. In this case the US took the lead. I found it a bit awkward (even as a non-smoker) at the time, but yeah, even I needed a mind set change to accept that it was a good idea. In my teenage years, at parties at friends homes, it really was common to smoke inside of the house. Now about nobody smokes inside in their own homes.
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>So, as primitive as we may seem with guns to the rest of the world, we got our priorities aligned properly in this case.
>I suspect that cigarettes harmed more people here than guns have.


correct, but it is comparing apples and oranges, I guess. With cigarettes people know its unhealthy and they might be killing themselves slowly. IOW, people dying from lung cancer because of smoking are not innocent, as with guns this is another story.