Quote:You think it's okay as long as the people of the town want it?  I thought you were a libertarian!  

 

You think townships and communities are where these decisions should be made.  Well why not neighborhoods?   Why not blocks?   Why not individual houses?   Why stop at townships? 

 

Personally, if I were a citizen of that town, I would want to know why this is a good idea.  So unless someone gave me a real good reason, which I have not heard yet, I would say no to banning tobacco.  It's a personal choice. 

 

Personal choice extends to groups of people as well, if a local township, community, city ect.....decides they don't want a type of commerce in their jurisdiction so be it. If I want tobacco I'll make sure I don't live in those townships, communities, cities. It happens all the time, cities prohibit strip clubs or adult entertainment and so on.

 

A big part of being libertarian is letting people make choices even if we don't agree with it. I don't agree with banning tobacco, it's a legal product but if some random city in Mass. does it so what, it's not different than the city in Georgia prohibiting adult entertainment.

 

Different levels of government have different roles. Absolutely at the local level is where we should see these things played out.

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