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SARID: Let people breathe  

I candidly admit, to my shame, that I am a smoker. I smoke less than I did in the past and more than I should. . . .

Nevertheless, I am in favor of the law limiting smoking in public places; I always voted for it. No one other than myself should have to suffer for my weakness . . .

In fact, it is difficult to point out even one law in Israel that is properly enforced - from the Minimum Wage Law to the law ensuring free education. But the law on smoking in public places - that one is enforced energetically and with strange fervor. It is an open secret: Where there is neither will nor way to deal with serious business, they deal with little things, with foolishness.

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