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The whole big vs. small government is really a red herring wrt. the smoking ban. Government is always involved, whether or not smoking is banned. The question is not whether to involve it, the question is how to involve it.
If public smoking is not banned, then second-hand smoke causes cancer, disability, and death, and government is involved in paying out the medical costs, the unemployment payments, the disability payments, the life insurance payments, higher health insurance rates, litigation costs, court costs, etc.
If smoking is banned, then government is involved in enforcing the ban.
Which option involves less government?
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