{"id":2646,"date":"2011-02-03T13:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2011-02-03T13:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-02-03T13:50:15","slug":"if_tobacco_is_a_legal_substanc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2646","title":{"rendered":"If Tobacco Is A Legal Substance, Do Smokers Have Rights ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/02\/02\/new-york-city-readies-for-public-smoking-ban\/\">Daily Caller<\/a>&nbsp;reported that the New York City Council is preparing to ban smoking in all parks, beaches, boardwalks, and even Times Square.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>&#8220;When this legislation is passed, all New Yorkers will be able to enjoy a walk in the park or a day at the beach without having to inhale secondhand smoke,&#8221; said Council Speaker Christine Quinn when she and Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled the proposed bill last year.&nbsp; &#8220;This bill will save lives and make New York City a healthier place to live.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I am not a smoker.&nbsp; I am also fairly sensitive to cigarette smoke.&nbsp; However, I am concerned about what I see as the continuing erosion of the rights of smokers.&nbsp; I have really mixed emotions about this.&nbsp; I appreciate not having to deal with smoke in restaurants.&nbsp; I appreciate not smelling smoke at the beach.&nbsp; However, if secondhand smoke is that toxic, why is smoking legal?&nbsp; Why is the government subsidizing tobacco farmers?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Why is the City Council targeting smokers?&nbsp; Don&#8217;t they have anything better to do?&nbsp; Is second hand smoke a major cause of New York City&#8217;s air pollution?&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday&#8217;s Daily Caller&nbsp;reported that the New York City Council is preparing to ban smoking in all parks, beaches, boardwalks, and even Times Square.&nbsp; The article reports: &#8220;When this legislation is passed, all New Yorkers will be able to enjoy a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2646\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}