NO BUTS OR BUTTS.(MAIN)(Editorial)

If ever a debate could be over, to the point where prolonging it is an exercise in foolishness, it's the fate of the smoking bans in New York state and New York City. A federal judge has rejected all the lame objections to the bans' constitutionality with the zeal of someone finally dropping a bad habit.

Argument after argument was tossed out by U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in Manhattan, to the point where the anti-smoking laws stood more credible than ever in the space of such sophistry.

Really, how could laws passed to protect the public health constitute, as a group known as NYC CLASH (Citizens Lobbying Against Smoker Harassment) had tried to argue, …