Note: We did not theme this Hyper Hill, but it is all about vices. It’s may be real tough for you to [buy grain alcohol in MD] CVS goes humanitarian [and stops selling cigarettes] In Virginia you can [still get the chair (the electric one)] DC moving to decriminalize marijuana …

  h/t The Right Sphere

Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim: Puff, Puff, Give: Lobbyists Plying Hill Staffers Through Congressional Cigar Association As evening fell, guests lounged in the garden out back, sipping cold drinks and puffing away on what smelled like high-end cigars. Gary Pesh, owner of Old Virginia Tobacco and a member of the Congressional …

DCist: Paternalism Big in 2010 According to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the $2.50 per pack excise is the eighth highest in the nation.

Man in Anti-Smoking Ads Still Smokes “He’s the poster boy for the state’s new anti-smoking campaign. But the 48-year-old Skip Legault is still smoking – despite an amputated leg, two heart attacks and a stroke.”