Really pissed off.

Excuse my french, but WE'VE ELECTED A BUNCH OF F%&*ING MORONS!

A section from a no longer available article says it all.  They're talking about Labour Minister Graham Bruce:

But he didn't sound sympathetic when asked if he had any advice for workers concerned about having to breathe that smoke for another eight months.

"I think that those people can live knowing very well that there will be a regulation in place by the 30th of April," he replied.

What if they get cancer in the meantime, minister? "They're not going to get cancer in the meantime," he said, implying a level of medical expertise not heretofore detected on the part of the former grocery store operator.

Now, there are those that say that if they crack down on tobacco, then alcohol is next.  But the thing is, it's possible to socially drink and never have a problem.  You can drink occasionally and not be an addict.  But of all the smokers out there I'd bet that 99% of them are addicted to it.  And second-hand alcohol fumes don't kill anyone.

But what can you do?  You can't ban it outright, as that would suddenly make criminals of thousands and thousands of people.  So, here are my suggestions:

1.  Impose the god damn smoking ban in public places.  Don't listen to all the stupid lobbyists that are whining about how much it's going to hurt small business.  Get over it.

2.  Get the tobacco out of every store.   Make tobacco stores the same as liquor stores, and enforce the rule of not selling to minors.

3.  Raise taxes on tobacco about 1000%.   Put the money into our health care system to pay for all the casualties.  This would hopefully cut down on the number of teenagers starting up.

4.  Round up all the high-up tobacco lobbyists, ceo's of tobacco companies, and everyone else who is directly responsible for causing this blight upon our society.  Line them up against a wall and have them shot.