Tobacco Police

In Watch Out For The Lurking Tobacco Police, and article by Peter Beaudrault, the author demonstrates the outright criminalization of tobacco by providing us with an example. According to Beaudrault, high school football senior Ross Volbrecht was barred from school officials from playing in his final game of the season because during a routine drug test authorities found “nicotine” in his system. Ross’ example merely demonstrates the draconian measures being taken against individuals who choose to smoke what is a legal substance, tobacco.

One of the reasons for such draconian measures is the push for control by activists, lobby groups, and even the U.S. government when it comes to individual liberties. The president recently made it illegal for anyone to smoke even “in front” of a federal government building, while states like Florida, Texas, and others have passed laws

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lth Organization released a study showing “no significant link between passive smoking and lung cancer” (2). It is cases like these that show the outright insanity of such legislative attempts to control behavior in smokers when tobacco is a legal substance. It also shows that Beaudrault is right – we must watch out for the lurking tobacco police (and others types of police they will spawn) if we wish to retain any measure of personal freedom in what is considered to be a democracy. WORKS CITED Beaudrault, P. Watch out for the lurking tobacco police: Things have gone too far in controlling what is a legal substance. Los Angeles Times. Available: http://www. consumerfreedom.com/oped_detail.cfm?OPED_ID=122, Mar 30, 1998: 1-3. Posted On March 30, 1998 Watch Out for the Lurking Tobacco Police Things have gone too far in controlling what is a legal substance. Published: Los Angeles Times By: Peter Beaudrault Last fall, Ross Volbrecht was to play his final high school football game. As rites of passage go, a senior playing his last game ranks high on the list. It's safe to assume that Ross relished the idea of going into battle one last time with his teammates in Nashville, Ind. Unfortunatel
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