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Talk:Debate:Should government restrictions on smoking be tightened or rolled back? (view source)
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:I honestly think the marketplace will work to keep most businesses smoke-free at this point (as your example of the airline illustrates.) More government intervention just doesn't seem to be warranted or necessary. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 15:56, 23 July 2008 (EDT)
:I honestly think the marketplace will work to keep most businesses smoke-free at this point (as your example of the airline illustrates.) More government intervention just doesn't seem to be warranted or necessary. --[[User:Benp|Benp]] 15:56, 23 July 2008 (EDT)
::I think that the use of restrictions serves two purposes. First, it levels the playing field in promoting change, which is why there's smoking in European establishments - no one wants to go first and lose smokers to other competitors. Second, it's often necessary to drive change in the public interest in the face of resistance to voluntary adoption. We impose pollution and health-inspection restrictions on companies instead of relying on free markets to deal with the polluters and makers of tainted food, for example.--[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 17:06, 23 July 2008 (EDT)