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Unless you can prove that my actions are directly harming you, you have no claim to control over what I do. My skin demarks the beginning of a sovereign dictatorship ruled by me. Your rules and desires do not apply here.

Second hand smoke = direct

Economic impact = indirect

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that statement about "me" is not really justified by the science. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2943-brain-tumour-cau...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will

In some contexts we are creatures of cause and effect, interdependent on many chance things. Even yawning is not solely a matter of sovereignty.

My thoughts may not control your thoughts but still the analysis of more than one person at a time is useful.