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In Sunday's "Advisory Hits," Rob Morris trotted out once again the tired refrain of some Republicans / tea party movement people / libertarians with regard to Wisconsin's new smoking ban: "I prefer to let people, not the nanny state, decide if they want to be around smoke or not."

Deregulation works just fine if you can count on folks to act responsibly and to strike a rational balance between the interests of others as well as themselves. Unfortunately, that's never been the case: Greed and self-interest always seem to trump good sense and "doing unto others," and thus the necessity for government to step in. . . .

Scott Walker and Mark Neumann are now calling for the repeal of the smoking ban. What are they thinking? Why do they want to be a party to killing thousands of people, including children, every year caused by smoking and secondhand smoke? Are they oblivious to the ravages of smoking?

They can't claim ignorance of the horrible outcome of smoking and the findings of the medical community from decades of research. . . .

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