Technocracy: Smoking is an indulgence, not a liberty

My WND Technocracy column today is about a topic on which I’ve spent considerable thought over the years: smoking, and whether it is an individual liberty.

Except in rare and very controlled circumstances, smokers cannot confine their habit to their bodies alone.

The fact is that it’s not possible to confine your smoking to your own person.  More importantly, smoking is the leading cause of fires that lead to death.  I’m no safety Nazi, but I’m sick and tired of idiot smokers burning down their homes and others’ apartments because they can’t be bothered to smoke without setting fire to the place.

Read the full column here in WND.