From propaganda released by the Third Reich to legislation passed in more than fifty nations, smoking is one of society's favorite targets. While the public goes along with persecuting smokers, Theodore J. King is here to tell us why we shouldn't. In this book, which does not advocate smoking, King surveys smoking bans in the United States, England, and Ireland, documenting their effects on society and commerce. King interviews many people, including members of the medical community. King takes his arguments further, showing how and why bans on smoking extend to other areas of our lives - how smokers are only the beginning. Anti- smokers represent an agenda that involves everything from personal property to the way you raise your children, what you eat, and your right to freedom of speech. Authoritarians have willing accomplices in the press and government to take power at the individual's expense. Learn how anti - smoking fanatics use tobacco control as an effective form of social engineering. King offers solutions so that smokers and non- smokers can be accommodated in a free society, where it must never be a crime to smoke in a bar, in a car, in the open air, in a restaurant, or at home.
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Theodore J. King has worked in local, state, and national politics for almost thirty years. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He has written on federal matters for The Oklahoma Constitution newspaper since 2000. He resides in Rogers County with his family and several dogs.
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This book provides excellent analysis and research on the smoking prohibition movement. The author does an excellent job of looking at laws in America and Europe. He shows how the progressive do-gooders across are world are squashing the personal liberties of citizens. His in-depth analysis is presented in a very readable format. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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For all Americans who are interested in the encroachment of government into our daily lives, this is a must read book. The author goes toe-to-toe with those interested in advancing the nanny state agenda under the guise of protecting us (from ourselves). I read the book with a yellow hi-liter and found that I had marked multiple passages for future reference. This book is a keeper.
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