Judge Dredd vs. The Future: Up in Smoke

1) I would like you to regard this image...

(image from here)

...and to note that the "Statue of Judgment" is much larger than the "Statue of Liberty." Ponder that while I ramble on.

2) Behold the Smokatorium:



...and the UK's sincere efforts to bring it about:

'£10 licence to smoke' proposed (from the BBC, HT: The London Fog)

And compare this panel...



...with the lofty thoughts emanating from our Canadian bureaucrats:

Ottawa to mark tobacco (The National Post)

More:

Anti-Smoking Paternalism: A Cancer on American Liberty (Capitalism Magazine)