What you can and cannot do (In your home)

I truly hope this one doesn't get out of hand. I can't think of anything more unconstitutional than dictating what people can and cannot do in their own homes. Even if they are renting said home from another.

In Belmont California, it is now illegal to smoke inside of apartments. Headlining the pissed off responses is 72 year old Edith Fredrickson. After smoking 2 packs a day for over 50 years, she is now enraged to find out that “They’re telling you how to live and what to do, and they’re doing it right here in America.”

Like I've said before: It should be up to the bar owner as to whether or not s/he wants a smoke free establishment. It should also be up to the apartment building owner to consider how important it is to him/her if s/he wants to dictate what tenants can do in their own apartments. In NO case should big government be the one to decide such things.

This one scares me. I'll bet they start breaking out that 'third hand smoke' study that was released last month... What fun to watch our personal rights get swallowed up by an ever-expanding government that is barely functional at best. As stated in the NYT article:
Public health advocates are closely watching to see what happens with Belmont, seeing it as a new front in their national battle against tobacco, one that seeks to place limits on smoking in buildings where tenants share walls, ceilings and — by their logic — air. ... none has gone as far as Belmont, which prohibits smoking in any apartment that shares a floor or ceiling with another, including condominiums.

Legislating what little old ladies can and can't do in their own homes...

THIS is whycalifornianspaytaxes.