Georgia59
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Smoking Ban!!
Posted: 10-01-07 17:23pm
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So I live in Minnesota, and today is the
first day of a statewide smoking ban- you
can't smoke inside any building across the
state.
What do you all think?
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 10-01-07 17:26pm
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I hate smoking so I do not care. Why
should it be legal when it poses so
positives and kills people?
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AyaMiyaki
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Posted: 10-01-07 19:04pm
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We've had a similar ban in place since
January of this year. It's strange walking
into a restaurant now and not having to
request a table in non-smoking. I don't
mind it at all.
A link describing our state's ban is http://www
.tobaccofreeliving.org/home/section/3/1201
/
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Verizon-y
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Posted: 10-01-07 19:58pm
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Pot should be legal, though.
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Mommy35
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Posted: 10-01-07 20:16pm
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I live in Maine and our restaurants have
been non smoking for 7 or 8 years, maybe
longer and our bars have been non smoking
for 4 or so years.
When I waited tables it was nice to not go
home and reek of smoke or have some jerk
blowing smoke in my face.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-01-07 20:22pm
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| futureshock
wrote: | | Pot should be legal,
though. |
In public places?
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nightangel73
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Posted: 10-01-07 20:52pm
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Well that sounds like a good thing. More
tables non-smoking available, cool
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marvel
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Posted: 10-01-07 22:02pm
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I think it's a good idea. I thought you
were talking about an outright
illegalization of smoking. That would be
ridiculous.
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Lion79
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Posted: 10-02-07 05:49am
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Yes yes yes! Our ban came in on 1st July
this year and it's the best thing ever.
There's nothing worse than having to walk
through a smokey pub or restaurant. I used
to hold my breath but it didn't help much.
Food in restaurants tastes so much nicer
without all that smoke hanging around as
well 
Bus stops too. I bought an expensive coat
and the first time I wore it I was at a
bus stop and some woman's smoke was
blowing in my direction all over my
expensive coat. That's not allowed
anymore.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-02-07 09:42am
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New York has been like this for years!!
It's so weird to go to other states and
notice smoking inside of them...
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Marianne0558
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:00am
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They just banned smoking in public places
in Charleston as well. It's not a
state-wide ban yet, I don't think (don't
quote me on that).
The only problem I see with the ban is
that there is no designated smoking area
ANYWHERE. The problem is when walking
downtown (very touristy place), there are
hundreds of people standing in front of
the bars and clubs smoking. There isn't
any room on the sidewalk to WALK. Then,
there are the millions of butts on the
grounds where the swarms of people are
smoking. If they are going to ban smoking
in bars and clubs, there should be a
designated place for these people to go.
This way, non smokers walking by, can
actually WALK on the sidewalk and not have
to smell the stink. It's an overwhelming
stink when there are hundreds of people
smoking in one place.
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Anne123
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:23am
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Yeah, it's been banned in all buildings
Ontario for years (different number of
years depending on which city). It's been
great!
Oddly enough, I live in NYC for a little
while in 2005 and although smoking had
been banned before that time, I went to a
party at the German Embassy. Well, since
we were technically in Germany.....
everyone was smoking inside the
building.... it felt strange.
To Marianne: Bars in Ontario pretty much
all built patios of some form. The patios
are even heated in the winter time. They
had to because people want to have their
drink while smoking (can't drink alcohol
on a sidewalk!) - if you didn't have a
patio you would lose all of your smoking
customers.
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lonestarguy
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Posted: 10-02-07 10:41am
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I like the idea as a non-smoker my whole
life. No more smoking areas in
restaurants. Cool.
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Tylanas
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Posted: 10-02-07 11:10am
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Yeah, I'm a non-smoker too.
A lot of the smokers I do know are
actually quite anti-smoking. They know
it's dangerous and because they have a
hard time quitting, they speak out against
it even though they still smoke. They're
like, "Look, I am participating in an
activity I know has a high chance of
killing me, yet the addiction is so strong
I can't even save my own life. Don't DO
this to yourself!"
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-02-07 11:59am
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Yeah- I love the idea that I won't have to
mix the wonderful restaurant experience
with smoke blowing in my hair. And ours
extends to 25 feet outside of a building,
too, so no smoking in front of the doors,
theoretically. We'll see how it goes.
A lot of people are upset about it,
though. I feel like if you're gonna make
the decision to smoke, don't push that
decision on others by making them
experience lower air quality.
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Posted: 10-02-07 14:03pm
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I like it. We have had a smoking ban here
for four years I think. The only thing
that gets me is that I think if a
bar-owner wants to allow smoking, then it
should be allowed-with a big ol neon sign
above the door that says "SMOKING ALLOWED
IN HERE". Then people who don't want to
be affected by smoke don't have to go in
there, and those who wish to smoke can.
Futhremore, now people just hang outside
the doorways of the bars so you have tp
walk through a cloud of smoke to get into
the place. I have always been a fan of
smoking outside when I was a smoker. I
never smoked in my house or in the car.
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melin
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Posted: 10-02-07 17:37pm
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We have had it in New York for quite a
while. I feel it is a wonderful idea. I
am an ex-smoker and I know it is hard to
quit but it can be done. I smoked for
over 30 years before I quit. I have had
mouth cancer and have emphysema along with
other lung problems. It is a horrible,
horrible habit that can kill you.
The marijuana I do think should be
legalized with controls. Let them tax
that and maybe our other taxes will go
down. There are illnesses that it can
help and I know there are states that
allow chemo patients to smoke it. I
believe it is California.
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Dannzibelle
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Posted: 10-03-07 07:37am
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I'm a non-smoker and the smell of smoke
gives me a headache so i'm happy although
i do think it's a bit crual forcing
smokers to go outside
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Sandbox Party
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Posted: 10-03-07 18:51pm
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im completely for it.. its been that way
in florida for years. WHen ROb first moved
down there and we went to a restaurant and
they didnt ask if we wanted smoking or non
he was confused lol.
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Birch
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Posted: 10-03-07 21:47pm
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Ohio voters passed the non-smoking
ordinance last November...it took awhile,
but venues are finally compliant. I
couldn't be more thrilled. Now if we
could just get people to follow the "25
feet away from the entrance" statute...
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