[gkya]

Well it's arguable that alcoholism has way less direct bad effects on public than smoking. There's nothing like passive alcoholism.

[collyw]

It may be a nuisance but passive smoking has negligible effects on public health.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/12/12/study-fi...

[ufo]

Alcoholism is actually one of the drugs that scores the highest on the "harm to others" category, due to things like drunk driving

[lixquid]

Tell that to the drunk car crash victim, or the overloaded EMT at closing time.