It is easy to see a harm and forge ahead with removing it before anything else gets in the way, like the man at the side of the road complaining about how parents reprimand their children. Yes, reprimanding is unpleasant. However, it is far less unpleasant than the alternative: children without guidance. As it is with many things in life, so it is with many legislative efforts. Too often, politicians amount to the man complaining at the side of the road, concerned only with the harms he sees and not the full results of his recommendations. Currently, Northern Ireland is poised to fall victim to this sort of lack of foresight from legislators on two fronts, from London and from Brussels, and the consequences are going to be serious. In the UK, the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is currently making its way through the British Parliament. It contains what was originally the brainchild of the previous British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak: the generational smoking ban. The Bill would make it an offe...