Atheists, are you in favor of banning nicotine and alcohol?

Why are you so obsessed with this question?

Nope, I am not.  Generally speaking, banning drugs, even fairly nasty ones, just drives the trade in them underground.  I am more in favor of education and of gradually squeezing drug users and manufacturers with taxes and mandated packaging.  

I don't consume nicotine anymore, but I still enjoy a drink now and again, and the last time we tried outlawing alcohol, it was a monumental disaster.  

I am against banning nicotine and alcohol.

open forum and fine with me...

I'll answer you right after you explain why you're asking atheists this question specifically.

That would certainly annoy a lot of Christians.

Atheists as a group only don't believe in a God™ or gods.

Their opinion on Drugs, alcohol, nicotine or any thing else is their own and not dependant on their religious beliefs.

If you want to see the many who would ban substances call on the Religious and please as always "THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!.

Any time you ban something, you create a black market for it.  People will still smoke and drink, banning it just means criminals will have more ways to make a lot of money.

And we wonder why Yahoo Answers is being shut down.

Well, it worked for the mafia.