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Ambush of the cigarette tyrants
Washington Times ^ | 12/08/01 | Walter Williams

Posted on 12/07/2001 11:08:33 PM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:36:19 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Maryland's Montgomery County Council passed a measure whereby smokers whose neighbors are offended by the odor of cigarette smoke wafting from their homes would be fined up to $750.

After the measure passed, County Executive Douglas Duncan promised to sign the bill giving Montgomery County one of the most restrictive antismoking measures in the nation.


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1 posted on 12/07/2001 11:08:33 PM PST by kattracks
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To: kattracks
bump for Walter William's a true American.
2 posted on 12/07/2001 11:12:47 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP
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To: kattracks
I love this guy.
3 posted on 12/07/2001 11:45:21 PM PST by WillaJohns
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To: kattracks
"We are trying to change the social norm concerning tobacco use."

It's not your right to decide for me what I can or cannot do. These nazis are using government to get their way! It's time Smokers started protesting and I mean protesting! Enough already! The American Taliban is not going to go away-it's time we exposed them for what they are!

4 posted on 12/08/2001 12:31:23 AM PST by brat
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