Up in smoke Options

[fingercuffs]

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2008/0...mon.tobacco.cnn

We already have a smoking ban in public places. We also have legislation in the works that would ban smoking in private residences that adjoin other buildings (practically every home in San Francisco). Now corner stores might soon be banned from just selling cigarettes. Behold what happens when you give up your right to choose to Big Brother -- a little here, a little there, and before you know it, there's no freedom left.

[Oasis]

No, your analogy does not work.

If the speed limit was 90 in this country, and a city decided to make it illegal to drive 90 in their city, then your analogy would work. "How," "where" and "when," as you stated, is irrelevant. You can't drive 90 anywhere, at any time in this country. It isn't illegal to smoke in this country, save for certain areas (restaurants, etc). That is why your analogy doesn't work. You're comparing apples to oranges

If a law was passed limiting how many packs of cigarettes you could buy, or how many you could consume per day, your analogy would be much stronger. Driving and smoking cigarettes are legal. Driving over the speed limit and smoking or purchasing more than the allowed amount per day (if such a law was passed) would be illegal, and therefore comparable in an analogy.

Try again.