Smoking ban about health protection, not rights trampling
Posted on Dec 18th 2007 9:03AM by Brian White
Are you a smoker? If so, the current crackdown on global smoking and its ban in many cities around the world may have you concerned. To those that support public smoking out of a "freedom"argument, is that really the reason behind such a rash of smoking bans from Europe to the U.S.?Keeping smoke away from the health-conscious is the reason for smoking bans in public. Those non-smokers don't want to be near or breathe toxic fumes anywhere in public where people congregate. Think smoking bans are trampling on your rights?
Both of those perspectives are completely valid; however, the freedom from smoke in public is just as important as the freedom to smoke in public, right? Where do you stand?













