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Comment on: On Liberty

Smoking is better for you than Big Government

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Offensive Behavior Activity bans.

This is a perfect example of how a behavior activity gets raked over the coals in the name of health issues. It started with airplanes banning the practice while in flight. Sure, close quarters for extended periods, ugly smell etc. OK. Then the studies linking it to lung cancer OK. And the incremental bans begin. OK. Have the rates of lung cancer decreased since the bans?

I'm not an advocate of smoking cigarettes, rather I'd smoke my pipe, and I do favor some restrictions in public places, but outside in a park? In your own backyard? Come on. Do all those tax dollars go to cancer research?

What kind of voluntary activity will be next?