Residential Smoking Bans Could Become Commonplace

RedEye:

Vehemently opposed to what he considers an unconstitutional smoking ban, Jake Perry takes heart that smoking is sacred in the privacy of his own home.

But if Chicago follows the example of other cities across the country, residences could be the next front in the smoking wars.

Several California cities have adopted legislation restricting smoking in apartments.

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Comments

[RanTheMan]

I'll stop smoking in the privacy of my own home when he// freezes over, or I finally quit for good.
Whichever comes first.

No one is going to police my private life. NO ONE!

[gevan]

Funny how the states are happy enough to collect taxes on the sale and use of cigarettes. If enough people have to quit smoking will they live longer and bust the social security trust fund that much quicker? Sure will. Do the opponents of smoking pretend that persons who do not die from tobbaco related illnesses will die of some cheaper illness. Yes, they do.

[dexxjones]

amazing that these people dont say a word about buses belching smog into the air. they keep quiet about butter, lard, high fructose corn syrup....

why not rubber coat the streets so people cant crack their skulls if they fall? or issue licenses for steak knives?

[ibsteve2u]

'Cuz the insurance companies aren't paying for political action against buses belching smog - quite the contrary; the buses pay the insurance companies for the right to drive.

Now if smokers paid the insurance companies for the right to smoke, a whole lot of campaign donations and funding for anti-smoking campaigns would dry up and blow away...

[lvdragonlady]

Or make drivers really take a driving test before license is issued?