, < Regeneration, < New Start editorial index page Discuss or Comment on this article - Join in the discussion and add your comment to this article's discussion page - your comments may be considered for publication in New Start It’s the year 2020 and drinkers and smokers are about to be classed as an oppressed minority. Lobbyists for the smoking and drinking industry have come together to form a powerful, well-resourced alliance. Legislation has been drafted to protect smoker-drinkers’ rights against the self-centred will of the moral majority.