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Outdoor Smoking Ban: West Hollywood's Identity Crisis {Rented Spaces}
Jun 15th 2010 1:15PM Noe reason to have outdoor smoking bans in this country
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Smoking to be banned in private cars? {Autoblog UK}
Jan 22nd 2010 12:13AM Parents know best
I'm afraid that the proposal to ban smoking in cars occupied by children represents an
unwarranted intrusion into the privacy and autonomy of parenthood. The autonomy to
make one's own decision about risks to subject a child to is not to be interfered with lightly.
It should only be done in cases where there is a substantial threat of severe harm
to the child. Interfering with parental autonomy in a case where there is only minor
risk involved is unwarranted.
Mega Millions and Powerball Merge, Lottery Hoax and Chile's Weak Smoking Laws {Digital City Blog}
Oct 20th 2009 11:55AM There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels
of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and
filtration systems kills or harms anyone.
As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers
can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern
ventilation technology.
Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not
just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious
contaminants that are independent from smoking.
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Free Nicorette starter pack {WalletPop}
Aug 3rd 2009 8:06PM Don't use their drugs, use our drugs
McStrip Club, Pentagon Smoking Ban and Tequila Manicures {Digital City Blog}
Jul 14th 2009 4:51PM Don't forget to ban all soldiers from drinking alcohol wherever they are.
There shall be no drinking whatsoever while you are enlisted in the arm-forces
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Bar opens bogus 'smoking research' area to bypass cigarette ban {WalletPop}
May 17th 2009 5:36PM
What if the governments mandated that all currently smoke-free hospitality venues MUST provide a smoking section to accommodate smokers, against the wishes of business owners who choose
to go smoke-free of their own free will?
That wouldn't be fair, would it?
Neither are government mandated smoking bans.
Smoking ban about health protection, not rights trampling {That's Fit}
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Smoking ban about health protection, not rights trampling {That's Fit}
Dec 19th 2007 11:41AM When debating the pros and cons of smoking bans, we need to ask whether it
makes sense to protect and defend private individuals' rights to their
property. If we agree that private property rights should be protected, then
we should make a clear distinction between private property and public
property.
Omitting legal jargon and using common sense, private property belongs to a
private owner, and public property belongs to the public or to some
government entity that represents the interests of the general public.
Those who favor smoking bans prefer to consider bars and restaurants to be
public property simply because the public is invited to visit those
establishments. However, opponents of smoking bans recognize that the
invitations to the public are by the graces of the private owners, and the
property remains private property.
Let's consider for a moment that you own a home and that you consider your
home to be your private property. Do you give up your private property
rights when you tell someone to, "Drop by any time?" What if you also tell
that person to, "Bring some other folks along?"
Have you just issued a standing invitation to the public? Is your home no
longer private and now considered to be public property? Where do we draw
the line?
There is confusion between public property and private property primarily
because some people, such as anti-smoking proponents, want to elevate their
desires to the level of being legal rights. They choose to ignore what
should be a clear distinction between private and public property so they
can pretend that private businesses are actually owned by the public,
thereby giving the public the right to control the use of the property while
preventing the true property owner from controlling the use of his own
property. Many business owners who take the risks and pay the price of
ownership of their business property are suffering in areas of the country
where smoking bans have been put into force. Those who promote smoking bans
fail to see (or don't care) that their desires for sweeping smoke-free
environments are causing hardships for honest, hard-working people and their
families. They fail to see (or don't care) that their desires should be
secondary to the rights of others.
Those supporting smoking bans know that they have the option of not
supporting businesses that allow smoking. They know that they may patronize
businesses that choose to ban smoking. But that is not enough for them. Do
they not recognize the importance of respecting people's right to control
their own property? Do they not recognize the value of freedom?
The desires of anti-smoking groups should not take precedence over the
rights of private citizens. When one person's desires are allowed to trump
another person's rights, then all our rights can easily be swept away, and
we have no protection from the tyranny of the majority.
Thomas Laprade
California bans smoking in cars with kids {ParentDish}
Oct 18th 2007 12:03AM Dear Editor, Oct. 15/07
While I appreciate the desire to protect children from second-hand smoke
exposure in cars, I'm afraid that the suggestion to ban smoking in cars occupied
by children represents an unwarranted intrusion into the privacy and autonomy
of parenthood.
The autonomy to make one's own decision about what risks to subject a child
to is not to be interfered with lightly. It should only be done in cases where there
is a substantial threat of severe harm to the child.
Interfering with parental autonomy in a case where there is only minor risk involved is unwarranted.
Thomas Laprade
480 Rupert St.
Thunder Bay, Ont.
Ph. 807 3457258
California bans smoking in cars with kids {ParentDish}
Oct 18th 2007 12:03AM Dear Editor, Oct. 15/07
While I appreciate the desire to protect children from second-hand smoke
exposure in cars, I'm afraid that the suggestion to ban smoking in cars occupied
by children represents an unwarranted intrusion into the privacy and autonomy
of parenthood.
The autonomy to make one's own decision about what risks to subject a child
to is not to be interfered with lightly. It should only be done in cases where there
is a substantial threat of severe harm to the child.
Interfering with parental autonomy in a case where there is only minor risk involved is unwarranted.
Thomas Laprade
480 Rupert St.
Thunder Bay, Ont.
Ph. 807 3457258
