Up in Smoke

Once cigarette-happy Asia lurches toward nanny statism. (Predicted here.) Sadly, debauched sex-tourism capital Thailand is leading the charge.

Comments

[cdunlea]

Asia lurching towards statism? Please. Developed Asian societies, particularly the Chinese and Japanese, have always had a state-centric bias.

[crimethink]

This doesn't strike me as the best way to try to bring back foreign tourists post-tsunami.

[disgruntled]

So I can't have a Marlboro right after a 10 hour S&M sesson involving kids, animals, pinheads, and the occasional bodybuilder?

Screw them, I'm heading for the Phillipines!