Whole City to be Lit by No-Smoking Sign

As the city council in Belmont, Ca. seeks to enact what would likely be the harshest anti-smoking law in the country, it may wish to look to Sweden or Australia for some pre-mistake guidance.

At my most optimistic, I wonder if governments in places like Belmont really do want to pointlessly ruin the lives of some of their citizens. Realistically, I know that's exactly what they want to do.