Leave Others Alone

It seems like in today’s day in age, people are trying to protect others more and more from doing dangerous acts to themselves. For example many laws and organizations are discouraging and trying to make unhealthy acts illegal such as smoking cigarettes, eating dangerous foods, and not wearing motorcycle helmets. In my opinion people need to leave others alone more. If someone else is putting themselves at risk and no one else is at danger from it like someone not wearing a motorcycle helmet, then let that person make the unwise mistake. If a person decides to ruin their lungs and body by smoking cigarettes, let them, it is nobody else's business to get involved. I believe that it is ridiculous for a person to tell someone they can not do one thing because someone else was endangered by it. Let people think and choose for them selves. I just think it is ridiculous how people aren’t allowed to make decisions about their own lives anymore. Is the common man not intelligent enough to choose for himself, so now he needs others to choose for him? However there are circumstances to this, especially when children are involved or if it does endanger other innocent people. For example if a child is riding a bike without out a helmet, the parents should be punished. However when a 20 year old rides a motorcycle and isn’t wearing a helmet, they are old enough to make the decision themselves and live the life they want. Also if an act like driving drunk can harm other people then that should not be acceptable. I am not saying everything should be legal like drugs, but rules and regulations are getting ridiculous.