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Smokers do have representation; they can vote like the rest of us.
And pan, i don't understand how you can have faith in the mechanics of the free market concerning smoking, but not the minimum wage.
Furthermore, the idea the we should leave the market to its own devices as a matter of principle presupposes that a free market actually exists, and also that the interests of profit line up with the interests of humanity. Anyone who believes these things is deluding themselves.
Now, i smoke 8 months out of the year, but i like the bans, and i live in one of the coldest states in the union. The majority of people think smoking is gross, the majority of people support smoking bans, there is no constitutional right to smoke. These are all facts.
Finding yourself on the side opposite the majority of a public health issue sucks, but really, your rights haven't been violated, and neither have the rights of private business owners.
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