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On 9/12/11 12:10 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:21:32 -0700, wrote:

On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:25:12 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:42:27 -0700, wrote:

On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:26:07 -0400, wrote:

As I said, the tobacco companies don't seem to care. Also, does this
mean you believe in certain gov't intrusion? I'm shocked!

There are plenty of laws about a lot of thongs kids can't do,.. I have
no problem with that. It is when you start telling consenting adults
they can't do things that bother me.

Thongs? Heh...

I have a great deal of problems allowing people to jeopardize my
health in the name of their "freedom" to smoke or whatever.

Things thongs whatever ;-)

Your health is not in jeopardy if you see the sign "smoking permitted"
and say "I will never go in that place".

So, now you're going to mandate businesses put up signs? I think
you'll find that the vast majority of people do not want to breathe
second hand smoke. How are you going to put up signs in a mall? Of
course, no regulation is what you really want. Zero. You don't care
about the environment, other people's health, corporate raiding, etc.
Even Greenspan didn't think fraud was something that should be
regulated. Of course, he's changed his tune lately.

We were not talking about malls, we were talking about bars and
restaurants. If a person wants to have a "smoking allowed" restaurant
on a separate lot, you have no reason to be there if smoke bothers
you.
I bet you don't spend a lot of time in strip joints either, no matter
how good the food is..

Many states are banning smoking altogether in public buildings and
private facilities, such as bars and restaurants.

In Maryland, smoking is banned in all restaurants and bars. You can now
enjoy your meal or drink without having to inhale the stench of
cigarettes or having the stench attaching itself to your clothing.

In the District of Columbia, smoking is banned in all federal buildings,
privately owned office buildings, and, I believe, bars and restaurants.
I believe I saw no smoking signs at the baseball stadium where the Nats
play. You do see smokers on the sidewalk outside of some office
buildings, puffing away. Some building owners have control over the
space in front of their facilities, and ban smoking there, too.

One of the restaurant/bars at nearby Chesapeake Beach was totally redone
on the interior to remove flooring, wall covers, furniture, et cetera
that stank of cigarette smoke.

We had lunch at a diner in Annapolis yesterday. The diner has a glassed
off section that used to be for smokers. Since smoking is not allowed,
the restaurant removed and replaced the carpeting, ceiling tiles and
booths so patrons would not have to inhale the stale, old stench from
cigarettes of days past.

Cigarettes sell for between $5 and $6 a pack here. I wonder what price
point it would take to virtually eliminate their sale.

The tobacco companies are now concentrating sales of their deadly
products on third world nations where the rules restricting sales,
especially to small children, are either non-existent or are not enforced.

If we were a country with a conscience, we would ban the manufacture and
sale of cigarettes and other cancer-causing tobacco products in this
country, and make it more difficult for U.S. companies or multinationals
doing business in this country to be in the tobacco business.

But we are not a country with a conscience. The U.S. is one of the
biggest exporters of land mines that kill and disfigure innocent
children around the world.

And that's my only comment for the day.

This is a good thing. Nothing ruins the taste of a decently prepared
restaurant meal more than the stench of cigarette smoke.

Thought you were leaving........