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E-cigarette rules impede our liberties

Jon Burgett

May. 16, 2014 5:05 pm

I saw on CNN that legislators are looking to regulate e-cigarettes and/or the use of e-cigarettes by citizens in other no-smoking areas. I firmly support my American liberties and, since Sept. 11, I've noticed a sense of nationwide paranoia that seems to lean toward regulating even more of our civil liberties.

Of course, we must adjust security measures to meet modern terrorist threats. At the same time, if we have gotten to the point of regulating a device that doesn't even emit smoke, legislators have put liberty in the back seat while driving us toward higher taxes. God bless our so-called leaders - start remembering that freedom is the only true separation from terrorism and tyranny.

Jon Burgett

Cedar Rapids

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