'Freedom' lost via government bans

The Smoke Free Illinois Act will take effect Jan. 1. It bans smoking tobacco in virtually all public places.

The fact that the government is banning smoking almost everywhere is a violation of our rights as American citizens. The purpose of this new "prohibition" is to protect the health of the non-smoking population.

But smoking is choice, just as it could be a choice of the nonsmoking population not to enter bars or restaurants where smoking might be allowed.

America is the land of freedom, but that freedom is slowly being stripped from us each time the government enacts a law like the smoking ban.

Jenny Gervino

Streamwood

Elgin Community College