Uh, yeah. Sure. Except most Western powers perceive taxes on cigarettes, which have become a pretty important part of Canada and the United States' economy, among others. Any political party offers to ban cigarettes in Canada, and you can bet your ass Imperial Tobacco and its lobbyists are going to put pressure on Ottawa so whatever proposed anti-tobacco bill that could crop up will be crushed like a cigarette butt.Link55 said:"Ciggies should be banned, pot FTW!"
The most they've done since cigarettes became mainstream in Western society is restrict the spaces where you're allowed to smoke. Canada's added huge anti-smoking ads on cigarette packs that take up more than two thirds of a jumbo pack's size and are intentionally graphic; but that won't deter anyone who's severely addicted to cancer sticks. They've progressed to showing us the most graphic, agonizing shots of people in advanced emphysema or surgery camera shots of late-stage cancerous tumors, or even utterly destroyed gums and teeth - but that doesn't stop anyone.
Not that pot is any better, anyway. Most people don't smoke it pure and cut it with tobacco. On a long enough timeline, there isn't much of a difference between smoking a doobie outside of Jamaica and going through a pack of filtered cigs per day. Both can potentially kill you dead.