[sargon]

It's like most laws. Someone abuses it and in the process infringes on other people's rights. In this case, the right to smoke free air.

Does everybody have a right to hydrocarbon-free air? After all, cars emit that. What about people who only walk?

And then we need a law.

Spoken like a true statist.

Y'all brought it on yourself.

Um, I'm not a smoker, although I did enjoy some Newport Pleasure today just on general anti-statist principle, as a sign of solidarity with those who do smoke cigarettes regularly.

The anti-smoking crowd can add their names to the long list of intolerant authoritarians, both on the left and right, who ensure that America has the least possible amount of individual Freedom.

Most anti-smoking zealots I know are nanny-state Democrats.

[berdie]

later

[DannyTN]

"Does everybody have a right to hydrocarbon-free air? After all, cars emit that. What about people who only walk?"

There is a balance that must be made. America already has laws that required cars to clean up emissions. I haven't seen the brown haze that used to plague Nashville in several years. That's a good thing.