2006.01.26

California classifies second-hand smoke ‘toxic’

I’m sure most who come read this site will love this news:

California regulators became the first in the nation today to designate second-hand tobacco smoke as a “toxic air contaminant,” placing it in the same category as the poisons
arsenic and benzene.

Ignoring the fact that smoking is, indeed, bad for you, I don’t get why they don’t just ban smoking all together. After all, that’s where this is going.

Here’s where my liberal tendencies fray and my libertarian self pokes his head out and says, “WTF?” There is so much out there that is bad for you. Car exhaust, for example. Maybe instead of sending agents to snoop outside of buildings to learn how to protect innocent pedestrians from the evil smokers lurking outside of buildings they should shove thier noses in Pacific Steel’s pipe and see how they feel about it.

Really, with the state already owing more debt than I ever did (and that was a lot!), don’t you think they would have bigger fish to fry? Like tax evaders? Or education? Or better transportation?

California, land of the free to be regulated.

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3 Responses to “California classifies second-hand smoke ‘toxic’”

  1. NHK says  (January 27th, 2006 at 22:48:50 )

    More idiocy from NannyNation®. Second-hand smoke my ass. Unless you *choose* to live with a smoker or – until recently – work in a bar or restaurant, second-hand smoke, I feel, presents about as much danger to the average person as being bitch-slapped to death by by a quadraplegic.

    I’m only marginally less annoyed by the whole anti-smoking crusade than I am by being told to ‘please drink responsibly’ by the company that sells me my bloody scotch (another government-engineered incidence of finger-wagging, I’m sure).

  2. Dave says  (February 25th, 2006 at 23:11:35 )

    Doug,

    Under the heading “More Friends”, is our girl behind “Annemone”? All signs and photos point in that direction. Just curious.

    Dave

  3. douglas says  (February 26th, 2006 at 01:30:58 )

    Dave,

    I plead the 5th.

    -doug.

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