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Stubbing Out Our Civil Liberties The announcement of a national smoking ban in public places by summer 2007 was the latest in a long list of government initiatives to hit the headlines. The news created shock waves throughout the media and provided the platform for a number of drawn-out debates. It also sounded another death knell to our civil liberties. By the summer season this year, smoking will be illegal in public domains such as pubs, clubs and bars. Smokers will be forced to become recluses, bound and restricted by their basic human right to choose to smoke. Such prohibition could b...