[NJRighty]

Government intruding on one's freedoms is a milestone to the smoking ban advocates.

[philman_36]

The anti-tobacco campaign of the Nazis: Posted on 10/21/1999
One topic that has only recently begun to attract attention is the Nazi anti-tobacco movement.
Germany had the world's strongest anti smoking movement in the 1930s and early 1940s,supported by Nazi medical and military leaders worried that tobacco might prove a hazard to the race.

Do they know who they emulate?

[digger48]

If it's actually about "Health"

Just ban the damn things!

Was it about "Health" when they first forced airlines to segregate smokers?

[Prodigal Son]

I'm a smoker. I like smoke free eateries and pubs. It's nice.

[Calpernia]

ping

[somemoreequalthanothers]

Smoking = bad

Tax revenue from smokers = good!

Such a conundrum.

[Tai_Chung]

I wish we could see a similar movement toward illegals crossing our boarder.

[Plutarch]

If Obama becomes the Dem nominee, the anti-smoking movement will go into deep hibernation.

[canuck_conservative]

"One's freedoms" includes the right NOT to be assaulted by your smoke.


And I'm a(n occasional) smoker - I just go outside, so I don't bother anyone else.

[PISANO]

I am NOT a smoker but believe the government's intrusion [Fed and State] is a sham. They won't ban them outright because that would never fly, so they milk the revenue from the companies for everything they can under the pretense that THEY CARE about your health!!

There should be NO laws at all and the market should decide. I ONLY wish I had enough capital to build a SMOKE FREE Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. I would make a fortune!! Maybe not in the Sports Book but in every other area!!

[SheLion]

[ErieGeno]

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi banned smoking in the ornate Speaker's Lobby just off the House floor this month

But what the wonderful AP doesn't say is that the congress-critters are still permitted to smoke in their offices. A bar owner can't smoke in bar that he owns BUT a congressman can smoke in the office that is paid for with public funds? It's the goose/gander thing here.

Personally, I think that this is a very slippery slope that we are on with this smoking thing. If the libs can ban the use of this legal product, what is next????????

[Dov in Houston]

I am not going to take sides with the "Big Brother" here yet in my case second hand smoke definitely kills. Advanced Emphysema from 40 years of smokes.

However smoke is smoke and air is air. Would this smoking non smoking debate be any bigger if "Big Brother" passed a law saying I could not Pi$$ in someones water supply ?

[Raycpa]

Last chance for smokers to reform before being completely banned. Smokers, you need to adopt a new attitude of politeness about where and when you smoke.

[mysterio]

Overweight people, you didn't stand up for smokers. You're next. And gun owners are right behind you.

[traviskicks]

"For the first time in the nation's history, more than half of Americans live in a city or state with laws mandating that workplaces, restaurants or bars be smoke-free, according to Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights."





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[CSM]

I look forward to the FReeper celebrations about this (select members of course) and hope that they also supported the Kelo decision.