Clearing The Air

Smoking ban defeats.....hopefully a new trend in upholding property rights for all.

Fortunately, 23 proposals to restrict smoking were defeated this year. Only eight states passed smoking ban restrictions: Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Vermont in 2005. Of the eight states, only three passed new restrictions banning smoking in bars and restaurants. -Source...a loyal fan.

Here's one additional fun fact:

On December 2, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that they would no longer hire tobacco users beginning December 1, 2005. As one columnist put it, "Under WHO's policy, if Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and Adolf Hitler applied for a job, only Hitler, the sole nonsmoker in the group would be eligible for consideration....... I feel certain the pro-smoking ban activists revel in the "acceptable" company they keep.

posted by marcus aurelius @ 6:11 PM