SMOKING OUT SOME TRUTH ON NYC CIGARETTE BAN

NY Post ^ | 11/12/03 | Mike Pollack

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

As a strong supporter of Mayor Bloomberg's continued efforts to inoculate New York's best and brightest from the idiocy of its worst and dumbest - tobacco abusers - I feel compelled to state the obvious: The no-smoking laws are here to stay ("Bloomy's Bugaboo," Editorial, Nov. 8), whether you like it or not. Indeed, those laws need to be expanded and strengthened.

[JoJo Gunn]

Another "I know what's best for you" Nazi rears its precious head.

[JoJo Gunn]

We need a little balance here.


"Last year, Mayor Bloomberg claimed that a total ban on smoking would save 1,000 people in New York City from death by exposure to someone else's cigarette smoke. Last week, he upped it to 2,000 people.

That's the "science" anti-smoking crusaders use, especially those in power, to trample over free choice and private property. They say it, so it's true - no need for further proof.
Audrey Silk
Brooklyn"

[Prime Choice]

And these new commercials that tout the health hazards of second-hand smoke...oy. They come off like one inhalation of second-hand smoke will lead to *IMMEDIATE* stroke or cardiac arrest.

It's like watching "Reefer Madness," only in color...

[T'wit]

Peeeee-yew! Somebody in here is belching acrid fascist logorrhea.