Just what political point do you suggest people are trying to make by the act of smoking?
Are we saying that you can burn the flag in a public place, but don't inhale the smoke?
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No political point at all. I just get so frustrated as private business owners are forced to change what goes on in their businesses due to political correctnes BS. You can't even smoke in bars anymore in many places. In California you can't smoke OUTSIDE. These local ordinances are ridiculous, alothough I agree the constitution does not allow for smoking. It also does not allow for abortion, but that didn't stop anyone now did it?
Freedom of the individual from the Tyranny of the State.
Anymore? The fact that the government is taking away private property owners rights without actual justification.
If they're going to use the justification that ETS is a health hazard they should have to PROVE that it actually is a health hazard.
No one disputes that salmanella is a health hazard, no one disputes that cockroach droppings in your food is a health hazard, there are plenty of scientific studies that dispute ETS being a health hazard.
How about holding the antismokers, and the government (municiple, county, state, federal), to the same standards?
If it's only about the SMELL, the private property owner's rights should not be encroached upon.