I received a number of responses to my anti-smoking paternalism op-ed, arguing that exposing others to secondhand smoke is tantamount to assault, which the government needs to protect us from. They in effect raised the question: Does your right to smoke end where my nose begins?
Newport Beach, California, is the latest city considering extending its ban on smoking. ARC’s Don Watkins comments on the anti-smoking movement’s real agenda in an op-ed released today. According to Don, the government’s paternalistic war on smoking is depriving us of the freedom to judge what’s in our own self-interest–a freedom that’s essential for the rational pursuit of values.
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