Pubdate: Tue, 17 Oct 2006
Source: Columbia Daily Tribune (MO)
Copyright: 2006 Columbia Daily Tribune
Contact:  http://www.columbiatribune.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/91
Author: John Reynolds
Note: Prints the street address of LTE writers.

CONSTITUTION DOESN'T CONFER RIGHT TO HARMFUL ADDICTION

Editor, the Tribune:

I am confused by the controversy surrounding the smoking ban. Are the 
smokers actually saying that their right to be addicted to nicotine 
is more important than public health? Is it not bad enough that 
smokers subject their children to secondhand smoke? They want to 
infect the rest of us too? They say that smoking is their right, but 
I don't see anything in the Constitution protecting a person's right 
to inflict their addictions on others.

I do, however, see where a person's life is protected by the 
Constitution. Smoking kills people. It is not a right. Stop crying, 
smokers - you need the breath.
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MAP posted-by: Elaine