Word: citizenryã
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...first argument used to justify a cigarette tax—that the government should protect people from their bad choices because of its compelling interest in the health of its citizenry??€”is unpersuasive. It is incredibly paternalistic and condescending toward the tens of millions of Americans who make the conscious decision to start smoking, knowing the harmful health effects associated with it. The logic of the argument is that smokers’ loss of liberty is less important than the government’s compelling interest in smoker’s health, and the underlying assumption is that...
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