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Jump to full article: Saipan Tribune (mp), 2008-07-01
Author: Bruce Bateman Special to the Saipan Tribune
Intro: If questionable science attributing all kinds of terrible things to secondhand smoke can be used to force otherwise law-abiding citizens to not light up, then I wonder just what else is on the horizon. Will the crazed nanny government ban mayonnaise? . . .
What about other harmful practices? People die every day from drowning, so should they make laws forbidding you to enter the water? . . .
If you prefer a place that forbids smoking, then by all means go there. If you prefer a place that let's you choose, then give them your business. But do not expect the Legislature to turn those business owners and other customers into slaves to your particular desires.
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