Let’s Be Honest About Second Hand Smoke

As the Haines Borough considers yet another no-smoking-in-public-places ordinance, it’s time for a reality check: Smoking kills; second-hand smoke does not. The anti-smoking campaign in the U.S. has been so effective that 80 percent of the American public believes that second-hand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease, yet there is no basis in sound [...]

Unintended Consequences: The Killer Smoking Ban

Smoking bans are created with the best of intentions, but it can be effectively argued that business owners should be allowed to determine smoking policy and let market forces (i.e. public preferences) take care of penalizing businesses that are filled with smoke. And now we have another reason to think twice about no smoking ordinances [...]