Over one year ago, I authored a column in these very pages for The Spectator Australia. In that column, I registered my observations with readers by declaring my views that state and federal Australian governments care not for the human rights of nicotine users that rely on non-pharmacological smoking cessation methods. 

In fact, I recall correctly that I referred to the sentiments related to smoking and nicotine use in this country as a “quit or die” scenario which forces users of the drug into statuses of second-class citizens. 

I also wondered: when will there be relief for users and members of the...