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Smoking Ban Too Intrusive

It's getting harder all the time to figure out where conservatism begins and ends in the Texas Legislature - even though conservative Republicans own commanding majorities in both legislative houses. Take a proposal to ban smoking cigarettes indoors, which has re-emerged in the special session. It won't go away. The state does not need to meddle in the businesspeople's affairs by ordering them to ban a legal activity within their walls. This issue should be decided by the businesspeople themselves, which more and more of them are doing seemingly every week throughout Texas. And yet, House Bill 46, sponsored by state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, is back on the table. Conservatives used to believe that the state should keep its hands off local matters. Indeed, they'll say the same thing these days. Then we get these ideas that suggest that the state knows better than local communities, such as when legislators seek to make red-light cameras at intersections illegal, even though some communities - such as Amarillo - have determined there is a need for them. Smoking is another one of those issues. Amarillo voters twice have defeated referendums banning smoking cigarettes indoors. It's not that residents here dismiss the hazards of second-hand smoke; it clearly presents a health risk. But many business owners already have made that determination for themselves and are acting on what they know to be the right thing. It used to be that anyone could tell the difference between a big-government liberal and a small-government conservative. Legislation such as HB 46, however, seeks to turn those differences on their heads. Many Texas cities already have banned smoking cigarettes. In keeping with the traditional view of conservatism, that should be their call to make - not the state's.

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