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No, i don't really see the similarities between the two.
For one, there is no Constitutional right to smoke, certainly not to blow
smoke in other's faces in a restaurant. There is, however, a Constitutional
right to free speech ~ including that speech which others find offensive.
Furthermore, an ordinance banning smoking in public restaurants would be well
within the State's police power in protecting the health of it's citizens.
The effects of second-hand smoke are well documented while the supposed
secondary effects of the book store are nebulous at best and exist mostly in
the mind of STOP and their supporters.
So, in conclusion i don't think i am at all inconsistent in supporting the
book store's Constitutional right to exist and a potential ordinance making
Winona estaurants
smoke free.
Dean A. Lanz
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