Is anyone else here tired of anti-tobacco hysteria?

I am so fucking tired of the increasingly obnoxious anti-tobacco moral panic. It’s not enough that cynical politicians keep passing anti-tobacco laws to curry favour with brainwashed anti-tobacco fanatics or that they keep slapping “sin taxes” all over tobacco while they subsidize cars and hamburgers, but that people feel so fucking superior for it. Mention that you smoke anywhere and suddenly you’re surrounded by mealy-mouthed Puritans proclaiming on the evils of the Devil Weed – as they no doubt shall do so here.

I smoke a pipe. I have smoked a pipe for many, many years. I love my pipe. My pipe is one of the very few things on this planet which brings me pleasure. I am not addicted. When I don’t feel like smoking, I’ll go weeks or months between bowls. I am well aware of all the risks associated with tobacco. I am an adult and I am quite capable of making rational decisions about my risks. Some people climb mountains, some people jump out of airplanes; I smoke a pipe.

First they made it illegal to smoke in restaurants here. Then they made it illegal to smoke in bars. Then they made it illegal to smoke in any place of business – including tobacconist shops. Then they made it illegal to smoke in parks and benches. Then they made it illegal to smoke in city parks and beaches. Now it’s illegal for me to smoke my pipe on outdoor patios. I’ll sit down on a public bench to smoke my pipe and get the fucking stink-eye from people passing by, or people sitting nearby will cough loudly in my direction.

FUCK. OFF.

What the FUCKING CHRIST is wrong with people? They’ll drive around in SUVs, farting metric tonnes of carcinogens into my air, but heaven fucking forfend I should burn 50 grams of tobacco a month.

Are there any other proud enjoyers of tobacco here as mortally weary as I am at this bullshit?