# Smoking Ban **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [July 6, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365 "2006-07-06T12:18:24Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 251
### Author: ![Blackbelt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blackbelt/32/5998_2.png) [@Blackbelt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blackbelt) #### Post date: [September 29, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365/251 "2006-09-29T09:02:23Z")
> [@FS: NEC E949](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-nec-e949/18953/20): > > From your own example, you do realize rules against driving drunk, dumping toxic waste, and strangling Whitey, are all aimed at protecting the general public and for the most part in public places, just as a ban on smoking helps protect the general public in public places. > > . But these are not “Public places”! These are PRIVATE BUSINESSES! That is the point. If the government REALLY cared about public health, they would outlaw tobacco. Period. Stop with all these bullshit laws restricting a legal product. Make the fucking product illegal. End of problem. That will never happen, because politicians don’t give a fuck about you, me or our health. They care about tax money, power, and keeping their jobs. Cynical, yes, but go ahead and prove me wrong. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/smoking-ban/183365)._