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I don't care if they ban smoking, as long as they don't pass laws prohibiting me from walking around punching and kicking the air randomly. So what if someone gets hit, they saw me coming. Why should my rights be infringed upon because someone else wasn't able to stay out of my way? I also really enjoy kicking back with friends and releasing small amounts of hydrogen fluoride gas into the air. I know its unhealthy, but i really can't summon the desire to stop doing so. It is just so enjoyable for me. I think i should have the right to do so without big government sticking its nose in my business.
Really, i don't buy the "businesses should be able to decide" argument. This is far from the first business practice regulated under the guise of serving the public good. How many of you "let the market deciders" would prefer the market decide whether booze and cigarettes should be sold to minors? Economically, i would have to imagine that such deregulation would be a boon to the booze, cigarette and healthcare industies, everyone would make more money. Let's do it. Or not.
I personally would shed not a single tear if i never smelled a cigarette or cigar again. I don't care if some smokers feel "oppressed", in my mind, if you lack the consideration for your fellow human being to not expose them to extra carcinogens, than you have no right to complain about anything.
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