Jump to full article: Marshfield (WI) News-Herald, 2008-04-29
Author: Susan Youngwith is a Marshfield resident and a member of Breathe Free Marshfield.
Intro: At the very least I'll give Ryan Evans credit for reading the Federalist Papers. It's nice to see political debates taken to a higher level.
But how he stretches Federalist Papers Number 10 into the right of smokers to make other people sick, doesn't do much justice to the Founding Fathers. In fact, it borders on laughable.
It is fairly clear that Evans, a blogger whose site is sponsored by two cigar makers, doesn't care much for the facts. But for everyone else, this might be a healthy time to review them:
First, the debate really is about protecting public health. . . .
There is nothing unusual about passing laws to protect health, just as we already do to restrict drunk driving or ensure that hamburgers are cooked in a clean kitchen.
This is the right thing to do. It is good public health policy. It is even the democratic thing to do. Evans' tobacco sponsors know this to be true.
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