Ban smoking anywhere, any time, says Maori Party

The Maori Party has now decided that it wants to ban cigarettes - see the article in the full post below about Hone Harawira's new private member's bill. They essentially want to punish smokers in order to do good to them. But rumours that the party wants to ban cars because cars also kill people isn't actually true (though you never know...).

For a counter to this, try Smoking out the facts on spiked-online, which challenges some of the beliefs about the grave dangers of second-hand smoke. As expected the article puts up the sensible argument that the state should "Butt Out" of telling people how to live their lives.