Ban on acohol, might as well ban on cigarettes?

Moderate consumption on alcohol is not likely to pose a more serious threat to health as compared to smoking. Sometimes, it is quite disheartening to see teenagers smoking so freely at the shopping centers, bus stands, and some worst still, wearing school uniform wondering and smoking on the street. As we have to face with the reality that although the ban on alcohol is made on the religion ground, we also need to look into the adverse effects of health posed by heavy drinking and for that matter smoking.

To build a healthy nation, we have to keep our children from the influence from alcohol and cigarettes at least during the puberty period as when they grow up, they are free to do whatever they like. How are we going to avoid teenagers from getting alcohols or cigarettes? Can stopping convenient stores in selling cigarettes or alcohols deter teenagers in getting supply? Or is there any better way to educate the teenagers from staying away from cigarettes or alcohols? Along the way we know that the influence of religion is only work for people who are truthfully religious. If everyone is following strictly to their religion teaching, there will be no war, no criminals, and no corruptions. There will be peace and harmony throughout.

While human being human and not angel, how are we going to contain the demons that lurk inside our heart is not something that can be fixed by merely imposing laws and rules.