Judging by reports in yesterday’s New York Sun the latest recruit to the ranks of the big government GOP is one Charles Fuschillo, a state senator from Long Island. He wants to increase New York’s smoking age to 19, older than the age at which people are deemed mature enough to marry, enlist, or vote. Here’s my suggestion to Fuschillo, a disgrace who, quite clearly, does not deserve re-election: Why not go and visit a nearby military base and explain to any 18 year-old (smoker or non-smoker) soldier why he thinks that they cannot be trusted to make up their own minds whether or not to buy a cigarette. I’d like to see the response.