Jacob Sullum writes here about the increasingly authoritarian anti-smoking laws. After the crusading pols are done with that vice, what next?
I’d like to see Tim Russert (or any other “debate” moderator) ask the candidates if they favor a national anti-smoking law. Would anyone answer, “There’s no constitutional authority for it” or “People ought to be free to pursue their bad habits without government hounding them”? I doubt it.
