....(Who would write about responsible drinking on a page for alcoholics?)
You are indeed doing a great job with the help for gamblers and the provison for assistance to gamblers and addicts should be encouraged at a global scale rather than just an individual effort.
UNFORTUNATELY, people still write about the ills and dangers of tobacco and get more people smoking it. Ever seen "Tobacco smoking is dangerous to your health" and still get loads of people buying and smoking it while reading it off the packs.
You blame the people and the government that is saddled with the responsibility to protect the people for this as the government is showing a less concerned attitude to people's welfare. If people are not wise enough to do the needful then the government should force them to do it, that is the sane arrangement. But for the selfish gains, the government is earning through tax and other means, they will turn a blind eye to it. Truly, tobacco and some other substances in the open market are bad, they are damaging and addictive, yet they give the consumers the option as an adult. The option is, however, reasonable and neutral enough, yet seeing that thing is a temptation on its own.
But when it is inexistent anyone, there is no way such people will not be letting go of it. But the government will not do that since the benefit outweighs the health of the citizens in their own dictionary.