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> The smoking ban.  Anyone care to debate it here?

I like Linda Modrell's stance on things.  Here's what her web page
(http://www.peak.org/~modrelll/platform.html) says:

Smoking Ban in Corvallis Bars: (accountability)
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Working in health policy, I am acutely aware of the effects of tobacco
on our health and the costs of health.  Tobacco use is a deadly habit.

I do agree that vending machines that kids can access should be
restricted. I also support the idea of segregating smokers and
non-smokers and demanding air handling and ventilation systems.  I
think that works.  There is something fundamentally contradictory in
banning smoking in a place where another drug, alcohol, is consumed. I
understand the second-hand smoke dangers.   I also understand the
"second-hand" effects of alcohol abuse: the health costs of traffic
accidents, violence and crime; the social and mental health costs on
individuals and their families. This feel like an inconsistency to me. 

Ben.