tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post113166388445717589..comments2024-03-27T08:39:28.807-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: U.S. Smoking Rates Continue To FallAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1131730736455166642005-11-11T10:38:00.000-07:002005-11-11T10:38:00.000-07:00Better tweaks to capitalism, like often privately ...Better tweaks to capitalism, like often privately imposed workplace smoking bans, and cigareet taxes, and persausion based efforts like government spending to urge people to quit, than the destructive prohibition approach we've chosen to take with other vices.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1131664576757068472005-11-10T16:16:00.000-07:002005-11-10T16:16:00.000-07:00I've never liked the smell of cigarette smoke (or ...I've never liked the smell of cigarette smoke (or the idea of smoking), but ever since the anti-smoking initiative passed here in Washington, I've gotten a weird nostalgia feeling every time I get a whiff of second-hand smoke. <BR/><BR/>But then I recall my vacation in Turkey and Greece this spring and remember how much I hate being forced to breath that poison.<BR/><BR/>Still, though, I believe it (no smoking in bars, etc.) could have been solved with simple vote-with-your-feet capitalism. Oh well. Fewer Americans needing health care.Sotosorotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065491574825765076noreply@blogger.com