Thursday, March 22, 2007

Is It Still Legal To Even Buy Tobacco Anymore?

A Swedish woman has been sued for smoking in her own garden. Her neighbor in Akarp in southern Sweden (a lawyer, natch) has demanded 15,000 kroner ($2,000) in damages for her previous smoking plus another 2,000 kroner ($280) every time she lights up in the future. She has received a district court summons to respond to his complaint.

"It makes me sad and angry," the 49-year-old single mom said. "Should somebody else be able to control my life?" The woman said she has already made concessions to her neighbor's dislike of cigarette smoke, including picking a spot to light up that is more than 20 feet from his property.

In court filings, the lawyer complains that he is hit with cigarette smoke every time he enters or leaves his house and has been unable to open his windows. As if he never blew smoke up someone else's ass.



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