War on Smokers and the Rise of the Nanny State with Theodore King

War on Smokers and the Rise of the Nanny State with Theodore King

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About Theodore King

Theodore J. King is an Oklahoma native who graduated from Northeastern State University in 1996. He spent a summer at the Republican National Committee in 1994, worked at the National Right to Work Committee, and spent time working on the Hill in Washington D.C. In 1999, he was a temporay employee with Congressman Kevin Brady of Texas and later worked for the Media Research Center in Alexandria, Virginia. He served as our Washington D.C. correspondent for our From Washington page before returning to Oklahoma in 2001, and continues his reports with The Federal Page.

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Theodore King has done a yeoman's job assembling evidence that the success of tobacco zealots has become a useful template for those who want to use health issues to control our lives. The War on Smokers is not only a story about the attack on tobacco users but a story about how decent Americans can be frightened, perhaps duped into accepting phony science, attacks on private property rights and rule of law. One need not be a smoker to be alarmed by the underlying hideousness of the anti-tobacco movement.
Walter E. Williams
John M. Olin Distinguished
Professor of Economics
George Mason University

Chapter 10

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Reflections of a smoking tourist

"Her Majesty is a confirmed non-smoker, but she is also a great libertarian and has no time for political correctness." - An unnamed Buckingham Palace source.

In early June of 2007, I went off to England and Ireland for a holiday, as they call it over there. This was my first trip abroad. I had always wanted to visit both countries, and this was the time to go since in England smoking in all public places including pubs was soon to be banned. When I arrived at Gatwick airport outside of London, the customs officer asked what was the purpose of my visit? I responded, To beat your smoking ban. He chuckled, stamped my passport, said that was as good a reason as any, and welcomed me to the UK. I stopped at the little area at Gatwick airport that is set aside for smokers and lit up from a pack of State Express 555. It is an English cigarette I purchased back in the States. I can remember the seal of Great Britain on packs of 555s years ago. And next to the seal was the message: By appointment to Her Majesty the Queen. That was no longer the case. The British government no longer allows tobacco producers to be the official vendors to the Royal Family. As I was sitting there with the other smokers, a man walked by saying, Smoke up, folks, because on July 1 it will all be over. I felt the love. July 1, 2007 was the date the smoking ban would go into effect. Given the fact that Parliament banned fox hunting in 2004, an activity that seems to cause harm only to the fox, it should not have come as a surprise that smoking would one day be banned.

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