My town has a no smoking law.
You can smoke in your home, you can smoke out on the street or in your car. but you can't smoke inside of a place of business, including a bar or restaurant or within 20 feet of the entrance to any place of business.
so far this has prevented people from smoking inside of such places - but it has not been enforced in regards to the "no smoking within 20 feet" clause because it happens every day.
i used to be a big supporter of such a law until it went into effect.
Now, i don't support it at all.
I think that if a restaurant owner or bar owner wishes to allow smoking within his establishment - he should have the right to allow it without regard to local regulations.
if you dont like smokey bars or restaurants - simply don't go there is my opinion.
when i go to a bar, and have a few rounds with the boys, and play billiards or darts, etc i EXPECT to smell cigar or cigarette smoke.
my take on smoking....
I dont like cigarettes.
I enjoy cigars - but from a taste but dont inhale standpoint.
i think every year these talking heads come out with some new thing that causes cancer and we should all look out for and avoid like the plague.
the way i look at it - we will all die - we dont get to pick when or how - LIVE LIFE A LITTLE. have a glass of whiskey, smoke a cigar, bungee jump, sky dive.
people are so frightened of their own shadows.
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