Proof that prohibitions do not work is evidenced by the fact that we can’t even keep drugs out of prison. How much more secure can you get than that? Prohibition laws don’t work, they never have worked, and their enforcement costs a lot of money.

Liberties you enjoy are at stake. They came for tobacco first. They're gunning for alcohol. Fatty foods are now enemy No. 1. Fossil fuels are high on the hit list. Speak up while you still have the chance. One man stands up and makes his opinions known. We must all do the same.

President John F. Kennedy asked his press secretary to buy a 1,000 Cuban-made Petit Upmanns cigars the night before he announced an embargo on them, according to Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary for John F. Kennedy. Salinger tells the story on this video.

"They have created a fear that is based on nothing" ~World-renowned pulmonologist, president of the prestigious Research Institute Necker for the last decade, Professor Philippe Even, now retired, tells us that he’s convinced of the absence of harm from passive smoking. A shocking interview.

The issue of pipe and cigar smoking is murky. Some people argue that those who smoke tobacco in these forms are at a much higher risk of oral cancers, as well as the risk of large quantities of second-hand smoke generated. On the other hand, others maintain that no risk exists. It is far from an open-and-shut case.

The most compelling argument against smoking bans is the belief that consenting adults have the right to do with their bodies what they so please, and private business owners have the right to offer the accommodations they so choose.