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Smoking -- the choice of individuals or governments?
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The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
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December 6, 2003
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BLOOMINGTON -- Mike Kerber, Jeff Hainline and Kelly Herrick were
sitting at a bar in downtown Bloomington on Friday, having a late
lunch.
There was an ashtray on their table, but none of them had any
intention of using it. They agreed cigarettes are unhealthy, but they
disagreed on whether people should be allowed to smoke.
"If they banned smoking, I would cheer," Kerber said. "I think
it's the best thing that could ever happen."
"What about global warming? There are a lot of things that kill
people. Should we make all of them illegal?" Hainline said.
Anti-smoking campaigns are on the move in several Illinois
communities, and the Lancet, a leading British medical journal, on
Friday called ...