No, it should NOT be banned…

Look at the Today programme’s website’s coverage of the government’s fascistic move to ban smoking, and you’d have thought that it was a thoroughly bad idea.  Of the four blog reactions, three are libertarians opposed to the ban!  Cast your eyes to the right of the mention of Donal Blaney’s excellent criticism of the tobacco companies reticence to stand up for freedom, and you see the one miscreant blogger that clearly likes the idea of a ban on smoking:

Err… really?  Whilst I don’t smoke, I thought my previous post made it pretty plainly clear that I was attacking the government’s authoritarian approach to smoking.  I know the BBC is just government propaganda, but this is just plain stupid.  Want to check how I previously tagged the post, Beebites?  “Smoking is healthier than fascism”.  Once more with feeling, methinks.