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...smoking on the street. Perhaps the worst aspect of this invasion of personal liberty and responsibility is the Commission’s reasoning behind it. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the Boston Public Health Commission, told the Boston Globe that her goal is to “de-normalize?? smoking—a creepy and Orwellian notion. The idea of using a ban to manipulate culture and social norms, even for what the city considers the public good, is dangerously close to social engineering, and should concern any civil libertarian. All cost-benefit justifications and philosophical objections...
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