Phyrfight Intel

There is no end to the amount of meddling with your rights that can be done in the name of “public health concerns”, by well-meaning do-gooders who love to pass legislation “for your own good”. I don’t smoke cigarettes, never have and never will. Yes everyone knows they can and probably will kill you. But so will too much fat, sugar, alcohol, salt, sky diving, driving fast cars, and maybe even dating fast women. Since when is it the government’s job to tell you what kind of business you can run? Oh wait I forgot, its their job to tax and control as much as possible. If there were a real need for non-smoking only restaurants and pubs, then market forces would create them. The key in this story is how the pub association lobbied for a total ban because they feared a partial ban would give smoking business a financial advantage. You see the problem is that if people are allowed to use their free will they might not make the right choices.

If the government wants to promote non-smoking restaurants and bars then they should offer tax incentives for those kinds of establishments, instead of legislating away business owner’s rights. What bureaucrats will enforce these new health laws, levee and collect the fines? No doubt it will be the Health Police. “Excuse me sir. Do you have a license for that Twinkie?”

England’s pubs, clubs to go smoke-free – More Health News – MSNBC.com