A Smoke-Filled Room of One’s Own

The liberal case against ever-expanding smoking bans

Jacob Grier
Arc Digital
Published in
9 min readMar 22, 2021

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Because I write about tobacco policy, for more than a decade I’ve followed a Google News alert for the words “smoking ban.” Periodically checking it offers a window onto the creeping progression of smoking restrictions. A current sampling: a town in South Carolina is banning smoking on the beach, officials in Wales seek…

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Jacob Grier
Arc Digital

Portland-based writer covering public policy and other vices. Author of The Rediscovery of Tobacco and Cocktails on Tap. www.jacobgrier.com