Puritans: spoiling every party

Today I sent this letter to the Australian Democrats:

Any chance that I would ever again vote for the Australian Democrats has now been lost by this unnecessary, authoritarian policy of banning smoking in cars. I wish you'd focus your efforts on real policies.

Was it Carlyle who wrote that the Puritans didn't ban bear-baiting because of the suffering of the bears, but because of the happiness of the audience?