Anti-smoking groups continue to push toward their ultimate goal to strip tobacco companies of their strong grip on consumers through politicians under their subjective influence, which leads to the restrictions of advertisements. This influence by anti-smoking groups is an outright breach of the First amendment of the Constitution which grants tobacco companies the right to use free speech for their advertisements. If anti-smoking groups influence a more negative generalization of tobacco, that could lead to denying tobacco consumers and companies their basic rights as citizens. This topic is discussed in an article written by experienced Heartland Institute writer Joseph L. Bast titled: "Leave Those Poor Smokers Alone!" which discusses the topic of anti-smoking parties that have influenced politicians using a subjective standpoint and pseudoscience in order to place regulations that prevents tobacco companies from displaying advertisements. These regulations blatantly breach the rights that tobacco companies are granted to free speech. Bast discusses in his article: "People are free to do things both great and foolish so long as they do not conflict with an equal right held by others. That focus on individual liberty is the reason we are the most prosperous and tolerant people in human history. When we carve out exceptions to this principle, we ought to do so with great care and reluctance. I see neither great care nor reluctance in the anti-smoking movement. Instead I see a $600 million-a-year anti-smoking industry, funded largely by taxes on tobacco products, willing to use junk science, scare tactics, lawsuit abuse, and government force to demonize a product and its users." (1) Bast's article clearly demonstrates the sheer tactics that anti-smoking lobbyist use to prove their point, which involves violating the tobacco companies basic right to free speech. This violation of the First Amendment rights should be taken as nothing less