Title: First smoking...what will you take next??? Amicus Curiae Brief against laws regarding the banning of smoking in restaurants.

When the government steps in and starts making private businesses adhere to a law that a few individuals want, it is not good for democracy. One must also wonder if the government does that, when will it end? Anti-smoking laws should be considered unconstitutional because private businesses are having a choice taken from them that really should be something the individual businesses decide on their own. <Tab/>The group NYC Clash …

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