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  • Do smokers have any rights?

    02/15/2005 8:24:48 AM PST · by SheLion · 271 replies · 3,681+ views
    eco-logic Powerhouse.com ^ | February 15, 2005 | Alan Caruba
    Do people who enjoy smoking have any rights? Increasingly, the answer is no. It is essential to keep in mind that smoking cigarettes, cigars, or pipes is an entirely personal choice. No one is required to smoke. Millions voluntarily stop smoking every year. People have been smoking, and enjoying tobacco products for a very long time, but now they have been demonized and ostracized. Using the power of government, to tax, smokers are being ripped off at every level. Recently, New York City sent letters to 2,300 residents giving them thirty days to pay the taxes on the cartons of...