Posted on 12/13/2011 9:46:57 AM PST by TSgt
Apples and oranges. Nobody is banning smoking. All that is being proposed is the prohibition of the activity in public places.
Define “public places”.
(sarcasm tag on) It’s about time that you uneducated goobers and rednecks in Kentucky or whatever flyover state followed the example of your enlightened betters in the NE and CA. Anti smoking is a brilliant money making scam. Front groups like ALA, ACS for big pharmaceutical companies get rich by selling nicotine replacement products like patches and gums. Grant junky “scientists” get millions in grant money to produce bogus studies on 7th hand smoke. The STATE gets rich from MSA payments and tobacco taxes. The bar owner can go broke and the factory worker who enjoys a cigarette and a beer after a 9 hour shift get screwed. As long as we get money to pay for the lease on our Mercedes Benz E350.(/sarcasm tag off)
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