[EnquiringMind]

Those two sentences just defined liberalism.

Call me whatever makes you feel good, I am healthier than I was, and can now go out to dinner without choking.

[Rita Hayworth]

My town passed a no smoking law.

This is the first St Patrick's Day that my friends and I were able to go out to the bars, watch the game clearly, wear what we wanted without dry cleaning and not have to shower the smoke stench off of us before we went to bed.

It was glorious freedom!!!

[flashbunny]

And you lacked the willpower to do it on your own, so you wanted the government to step in against EVERYONE, regardless of what they wanted, in order to help you to quit.

Also, you claimed to know what everyone else wants - "even if they don't admit it".

Are you a liberal? Maybe. But spouting stuff like that means you sure ain't a conservative.

[calex59]

You could have always done that, you could have quit on your own, they way I did, many years ago, you could go to dinner at a restaurant that doesn't allow smoking as part of their policy not the states. There is never a reason to pass restrictive laws on a LEGAL activity. Either outlaw smoking, or leave it up to the property owners to decide. Any other way is unconstitutional.

Don't believe smoking bans for private property are unconstitutional? Then you are indeed a liberal and a true nanny stater. Rudy will never get my vote, either in the primary or the general election.