Why should the Government Have a Say?

Anti-smoking laws are nothing new. The Ottoman Empire attempted a smoking ban in the early 17th century, 400 years later the war against evil tobacco rages on.

[Sauer Grapes]

Originally Posted by Demented

Anti-smoking laws are nothing new. The Ottoman Empire attempted a smoking ban in the early 17th century, 400 years later the war against evil tobacco rages on.

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

[TripleF]

It is truly sad, but what's sadder is we do nothing except complain about our government instead of oppose and fight them, niot that we would win............myself included.


Kinda reminds me of why our forefathers left Europe.....

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

If you smoked in the early 17th c. you smoked a pipe.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Demented

If you smoked in the early 17th c. you smoked a pipe.

Personally, I did not.