Gotham’s nurse-mayor has donated $125 million from his personal fortune “to track smoking across the globe and to push for the same kind of smoking bans and cigarette tax hikes that the mayor has implemented in New York since taking office in 2002”. New York Sun reporter Jill Gardiner quotes me in reaction (“Bloomberg Gives $125 Million Gift To Fight Smoking”, Aug. 16).
Bloomberg’s anti-smoking philanthropy
Gotham’s nurse-mayor has donated $125 million from his personal fortune “to track smoking across the globe and to push for the same kind of smoking bans and cigarette tax hikes that the mayor has implemented in New York since taking office in 2002”. New York Sun reporter Jill Gardiner quotes me in reaction (“Bloomberg Gives […]
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Allowing smoking decreases liberty to a larger extent than prohibiting it in public places. Liberty means being free of all restrictions which do not hurt others; pollution, second-hand smoke, rising health costs and insurance rates, and litter in the streets are all ways that adversely affect others.
It is not a facet of well-ordered liberty to be able to expose others at will to carcinogens.
But smoking regulations tend to extend to private property, such as restaurants and bars. If someone chooses to come into a restaurant that allows smoking, they willingly expose themselves to the smoke. A person who does not want to be exposed to the smoke should avoid the place that allows smoking, not force the smoking to stop.
J O
I expect you to be turning in your car any second then, yes?
“Liberty means being free of all restrictions which do not hurt others; pollution, second-hand smoke, rising health costs and insurance rates, and litter in the streets are all ways that adversely affect others.”
Marxist pap.