I have big concerns, even though I do see both sides of the coin in this debate. What concerns me the most is the economical advantages of allowing smokers to enjoy their time in the local bar or restaurant. It's not the smoker who suffers, it's the owner of the establishment and their bottom line as far as running a business. I agree that smoking is bad for us, but if someone could devise some sort of vacuum system which could be put into public places which would suck the smoke out immediately, but that would be in the perfect world. I can't imagine a device like that could ever be created. Maybe establishments just need to totally block off their smoking section from the non-smoking section, ie separate buildings. Hey, might be a way to expand their revenue's. Especially in the restaurant business. If you're a smoker, I know you have to have the before dinner cigarette (makes the food come quicker lol) and the after dinner cigarette too, so why not just make the areas just a bit more separate. Designate waitresses for those areas and separate kitchens too. Because you know the waitress might have to travel through the smoking section to get to the food (God forbid). I just say, let the smokers enjoy their cigarettes. They're only hurting themselves and sadly a ban would hurt the economy in more ways than one. I've seen the effects of the ban in NY state, where bars have had to close down due to decreased customers. It's really unfortunate because the economy is bad enough as it is, so why make things worse. I got an idea, let's send the smoke to India with those outsourced calls ;-) j/k but I sure get tired of that too, but I already complained about that on another blog.
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I've lived in DC where they instituted the ban on smoking in bars and it had little to no effect on the bars. The smokers just go outside. Second hand smoke DOES hurt others and I love coming back from a bar and not smelling like a cigarete carton. In fact, MORE people go out in DC now b/c of the ban. Also, in Italy, no one can smoke inside, and the restaurants and bars are just as packed as always. Smoking isn't a right, it's a privilage.
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