Tobacco is pretty much the only time the government suddenly decided it cares about our health and safety. Pretty obvious they were trying to keep people away from something.
To be clear though, that doesn't excuse the tobacco industry for pushing the cheapest, dirtiest, and most unhealthy form of it on the public and actively trying to pull in kids at a young age.
I got into snuff tobacco for nasal use lately and it blows anything else I've tried out of the water.