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Originally Posted by Chris T
Something else I've said before is to draw the parallel with road traffic law. Do you resent the curtailment of your right to choose to drive at 90mph through a built-up area while steaming drunk, or do you agree that it is acceptable to curtail freedom of choice when there are larger health and safety issues at stake?
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The analogy isn't consistent with the smoking argument. Drunk drivers kill innocent people. People don't choose to be in a drunk driver's path. There is no choice there.
I am talking about giving non-smokers the choice wether they want to be next to smokers or not.
Firefighting, police work is risky work, but you can't devise laws to stop people taking those jobs. You have to let people decide how much risk they want to take for themselves.