My Dearest Darling Annamill,

Yes, I would like to ditch this. But since you ask me directly, and since I refuse to believe you're as stupid as you pretend, I'll answer.
How clever of you to know that emphysema is caused by smoking! I used that example to show that the authorative source you offered was deceitful nonsense.
The bad thing about the war on drugs is that the government cannot win it. Not won't; CAN NOT. Everyone's best guess is that things wouldn't change that much if the laws were repealed. For that matter, things were much the same before those laws were passed. Remember, they only go back to the 1930's. Before that, it was 'anything goes' but not that much went. Look at Prohibition for a model.
A word to the performers who don't like to work in smokey bars: I don't blame you. You know what to do about it. Do it.
One last thing: a phrase I'll bet you know, passive aggressive. I won't risk being misunderstood yet again. It's easy to look up, so do it yourself. But when a group or a PERSON is so beaten down or disenfranchised, so silenced, that no other form of resistance is available, sheer dumb stubbornness is often the result. Consider this and take another look at your family.