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| N.H. prohibits smoking in bars and restaurants |
| 2007-06-21 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 DepotGuy, you are spot-on. We are about to have imposed on us (July 1st) mandatory non-smoking areas all over Britain. In public places, *and* in private places too. Pubs, clubs (public and private), restaurants, theatres and in a huge number of other places. It is simply wrong to do this. People have the right to do with their lives what they wish. If a pub/club is a smoking establishment, I choose to go there or not. Personally, I absolutely detest smoking - I lost both parents to smoking-related diseases and have never, ever smoked. That is not the point. I should not have the state telling me what I can and cannot do with my own body. Incentives work (tax breaks for fully non-smoking establishments), whereas forcibly telling people what they can and cannot do is morally repugnant. |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2007-06-21 14:32 |
| #4 I find it interesting that voluntary smoke free restaraunts and bars caved hard and fast. Maybe a bar should put up a sign that says "smoking required" and have all the employees sign waivers. That's a commerce test I'd like to see.... |
| Posted by: flash91 2007-06-21 13:34 |
| #3 Maybe this is too simplistic but here goes. Maybe, the owners of privately owned establishments could just put up a sign that says something like ‘This is a Smoking establishment.’ (Either partially or in its entirety) That way people could choose…yes choose…to enter the building either to patronize or for employment. Naahhh…to simple right? Not enough victimization in that method. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2007-06-21 12:01 |
| #2 live free, or die, but not of lung cancer! Whatever. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2007-06-21 10:52 |
| #1 Eh, so what. Got that already in Florida and Arizona. Hasn't killed anyone yet to go outside and puff away instead of forcing nonsmokers to breathe that noxious crap. And yes, smokers brought it on themselves by not telling rude smokers (the kind with some bizarre idea that they have the constitutional right to light up anywhere and everywhere) to knock it off. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2007-06-21 01:17 |