Pros and cons of making smoking illegal?

pros:

~Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol, AIDS, car crashes, murders and suicides combined. If it is made illegal the second leading cause of deaths in the WORLD would be taken care of.

~Some of the rainforest deforestation happens because of tobacco farming, so making it illegal would help in that respect as well.

~Secondhand smoke is harmful to everyone around them.

~Vulnerable groups, like children, would no longer be harmed by either second hand smoke or the targeting of tobacco companies

~Government health care costs would be significantly lower because of all the diseases prevented from the lack of smokers

cons:

~The government might try to take away even more free choices

~Some developing countries count on the funds fro tobacco farming for their money

~government funding from high taxes on cigarettes would decrease

~things that bring pleasure might have some dangers, but if the gateway is open to taking away our choice in the matter everything from sunbathing to sugar could be taken away