Was the Anti-tobacco and Nicotine Smoking Movement The Government

 Corporations and businesses were in line with government's movement to squash smoking tobacco from the onset.  Before laws were designed, the banning of smoking from office places and other public venues was already being enforced.  I remember this movement, and how it gradually became harder an harder to smoke.

But maybe it had to do with scientific findings that cigarette smoking did in fact have some benefits.  But don't say it out loud, because censorship will find you! Thought control, as in having more control over thoughts is a positive, as is maintaining a higher level, on average, of learning