At the end of last year, a town called Friendship Heights, in Maryland’s Montgomery County, approved America’s (and thus the world’s) strictest tobacco policy. Town officers courageously banned smoking on all public property, including streets, pavements and public squares. "It’s a public health issue," said the mayor, Alfred Muller. who is also a doctor. "We don’t have the right to outlaw tobacco. but we’re doing what we can within our rights."
This newspaper has expressed disgruntlement with the element of intolerance that is increasingly manifesting itself within America’s anti-tobacco movement. It must be said, however, that brave Friendship Heights has discovered an approach that liberals can embrace. Private property is its owners’ sanctuary, but the public rules in public spaces. Undeniably, the streets belong to the government; what happens in them. therefore, is the government’s business.A. laws do a lot for public health
B. he can’t make laws about the tobacco
C. what he has done is benefiting the people
D. the mayor’s approval is the important factor in making laws
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