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Art_from_Ark

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6. My guess is that there is nothing in the Constitution

Reply to Jerry442 (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 12, 2014, 09:14 PM

Jun 2014

that specifically pertains to the right to smoke. I imagine, though, that if the tobacco growers of 1787 could have seen what 2014 would be like, they might have pressed for an additional clause in the Constitution: "Congress shall pass no laws regarding the production or use of tobacco."