[BikerNYC]

Or, if a community of like minded citizens wishes their town to remain dry (or free from other adult entertainment), they should be allowed that freedom.

Then please extend to those same like-minded citizens (perhaps those who view smoking as against the wishes of God and who would prefer not to be confronted with it or have their children see it in their public accomodations) the freedom to rid themselves, not only of alcohol and adult entertainment, but of cigarettes as well.

Or is this simply a matter of favoring one vice over others?

[robertpaulsen]

Apples and oranges. Mr. Bloomberg does not wish to stop selling cigarettes, he just wants people to stop smoking cigarettes.

Now, if Mr. Bloomberg and the people of New York City vote to ban the sales of cigarettes and the smoking of cigarettes within city limits, that's fine by me. But it's just a little hypocritical to sell people a carton of cigarettes for $75., take the tax, then tell the smoker to go to New Jersey to smoke them, don't you think? Just how strongly does New York City feel about smoking?