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LETTER: Logic on smoking was ludicrous 

Regarding "Smoking bans continue an assault on freedom" (Opinions, Monday):

Robert Levy tries to establish his credentials to comment objectively on smoking bans by telling us, "I don't smoke," in the first sentence of his My Turn column. It doesn't fly, though, when we find he is affiliated with the Cato Institute, which dogmatically puts individual rights above the right of the common good. . . .

Frankly, the majority of people don't smoke and we don't like to be in places where it is allowed. When the statewide smoking ban is enacted, violators are going to be reported, with or without a TIPS program. What a ludicrous leap in logic to equate an individual protecting his air by calling in violators of the law with "civilian armies" and "government moles in every restaurant."

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