Rush is wrong: He doesn't think "They" will ever make cigarettes illegal

Cigarettes have had warning labels on them for 40 years. "Cigarette smoking can be hazardous to your health." Yet people still continue to smoke.

Rush -- incredibly to me -- doesn't think they'll ever be declared illegal.

Now, nicotine is the most addictive drug on the planet. Nobody has a pleasant first experience with it, unlike most other drugs. Have you ever seen somebody take their first inhale of a cigarette? They have a coughing spasm and they vow never to ever do it again. Just like somebody who gets drunk and throws up, they vow never ever to do it again -- and within minutes they're back at it. Well, it's the same thing with people that smoke cigarettes. You get started and it's a very addictive drug. So totally wiping it out would defund... I've said in a half-serious way numerous times, "Smokers deserve medals because they are risking their own lives for the children. They're funding children's health programs," and of course that impeccable logic is met with the usual derision. But stop and think if we were ever really successful and ask yourself if government really does want to eliminate smoking. The product remains legal. It's a cash cow for lawyers; it's a cash cow for states; it is a cash cow for federal governments and agencies. There's no way they're gonna ever make tobacco illegal.

I dont' know about this. First - the most addictive drug on the planet? Surely not. I smoked for about three months, back when I was 18 or so. Never had a problem from first cigarette to last, But, I didn't like the after-smell in my clothes, so I quit, cold turkey. And never had a problem with it.

Obviously, the longer you smoke, the more you'll have a problem. But unlike drugs like heroin or crack or cocaine, if you only smoke for a week up to three months, it's very easy to quit cold turkey.

But what Rush said was "THere's no way they're gonna ever make tobacco illegal."

Perhaps not, but just as Obama plans to bankrupt everyone who tries to open a coal plant ("Oh, they can start one up, but we'll make sure they don't make any money at it." - I paraphrase) so they're making it illegal for people to smoke. If they've got kids they can't smoke in their own cars or their own homes, if they live next to somoene with an allergy to smoke, they can't smoke, they can't smoke in restaurants or bars... by force of circumstance - by government-engineered behavior modification, people are going to have to quit smoking because, while tobacco may not be illegal, consuming it will be.