Last Tuesday, Reuters congressional reporter Patricia Zengerle informed the American public that the new Republican majority in the United States House of Representatives eliminated a fifteen-year-old ban on smoking inside the Capitol.

“So there’s indoor smoking on the House side of the Capitol now that the Republicans have taken control,” Zengerle tweeted.

“Washington, D.C., law bans smoking in all indoor spaces, but it does not apply to the private offices of members of Congress, never has,” she explained. “So when you have a change in party control, and they move offices like they just did, if the member who moves into the office is – as in this case – a cigar smoker – you have smoke.”

Three days later, on Friday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson dedicated a segment of his show to promoting tobacco use and sharing misinformation about President Joe Biden’s public health initiatives.

Carlson:

So what is interesting is that for the past two years, the Biden Administration has been actively encouraging drug use among Americans. Not just weed. There are […]