Not smoking is better for you but we have not outlawed it yet.
If children don't play baseball they will never be hit in the head by an errant baseball.
Don't eat red meat scream the vegitarians.
There is a difference between EDUCATING people to do "good" and forcing via legislation because "YOU" (figurativly) want people to do some percieved good.
Why not make community service hours part of income tax? Make it THE LAW that 100% of all residents must do 20 hours of community service per year.
If cars are so dangerous that we have to be regulated INSIDE our vehicles, how long before the Nany-nazis just demand private vehicles be outlawed.
By the way, cigarettes have been effectively outlawed. Remember the old line about "...the power to tax is the power to destroy"? Well, we are seeing a textbook example. The only reason it has not been officially killed is the income they keep getting from the diehard smokers (or the stupid ones who fail to discover how to "deal" with the taxes).