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FIREY: Smoking bans are dangerous to a free society's health  

Jump to full article: Baltimore (MD) Sun, 2006-12-06
Author: Thomas A. Firey

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Early next year, the Baltimore City Council and the Maryland General Assembly will likely vote on legislation to ban smoking in all bars and restaurants. . . .

Free societies allow people to make decisions that others don't like. That includes allowing smokers to have bars and restaurants to cater to their preferences, just as nonsmokers should have establishments that cater to theirs. Baltimore and Annapolis should stand by the ideals of a free society instead of opting to force smokers to live by the preferences of some nonsmokers.

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