Public Smoking Bans

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:05 am Post subject: Public Smoking Bans

My city has banned public smoking in businesses, but should the government be allowed to control businesses in that way? After all, it is my business.

To keep this topic open, I'll respond to comments as people make them.

Jazza88 · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:16 am Post subject:

City got no right to ban smoking in 'private' businesses. If the owner of the business has no problem with smoking then why should the city ban it from his property. Any large businesses though should be smokefree or have particular smoking areas

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject:

I agree with that. The majority of fast food restaurants have been smoke free in my area for awhile before the ban and I really can't think of an area that allowed smoking that was a large business except for ones where you'd expect to find people smoking.

queenbebe08 · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:29 am Post subject:

well since the businesses are in business as a service to the ppl then the ppl should be able to go to a smokefree business if that's what they want. those little half an half, smoke on this side, and no smoke on this side have never ever worked anyway. as if the smoke doesnt drift into the other side...

i think cigarettes themselves need to be banned. there's no positive side effects to them other than "looking cool" or whatever ppl smoke for

queenbebe08 · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:31 am Post subject:

either way the business might be at risk of losing customers---either the ones that smoke or the ones that dont like smoke

Guest · Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:41 am Post subject:

queenbebe08 · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:03 am Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:05 pm Post subject:

queenbebe08 · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:22 am Post subject:

well in a democracy majority usually wins

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:09 pm Post subject:

queenbebe08 · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:44 am Post subject:

oh well

the reason ppl are so much against smoking as opposed to restaurants cooking grease is b/c more ppl die of cigarettes than cooking grease, and maybe ppl just wanna save a few lives. im sure olive oil isnt that far down the line either. i heard not to long ago that McDonalds started using it in place of the other oil they were using which had tons of fat in it

as for the sheeps and cows...
i suppose ur referring to them flatulating releasing methane or some other gas. well, i think more ppl would rather have that than smokers. how often do u run into a cow farting in your face as opposed to somebody blowing cigarette smoke in ur face?

and i've never enjoyed cigarette smoke so i suppose thats why i think it should be banned as opposed to organized crime or whatever but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. btw i've never told any smokers to put out a cigarette. most of the places i go to are already smoke-free b/c i'm 16 and i hope it stays that way. but on occassions maybe i might see someone at the bus stop, but i'd simply go to another stop if its bothering me that much. should all customers have to do this though? u'd find a bus stop a lot quicker than u'd find another favorite restaurant

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:43 am Post subject:

Yes, but those people choose to die of cigarettes. Plus, you can avoid people who are 'blowing smoke in your face' by either not standing near them or by not going into restaurants that aren't smoke-free. Yes it will take more effort on your part, but it's the business owner's right to decide what kind of place he wants to run.

Look at it this way. Why was alcohol such a profitable business during prohibition? People wanted it and consumed more of it, and since it was illegal, they needed to make their own or go through alternate sources. Those alternate sources could make some money by selling the banned item and that's why organized crime rose a great deal during Prohibition. We see it now with the drug trade. If we make drugs legal, who would go and buy drugs on the street? Who buys cigarettes on the street besides teenagers?

Well it might be easier to make everything smoke-free, I am worried for the government to set a precedent for controlling restaurants. Where will it stop? Should the government have this kind of say in private businesses?

queenbebe08 · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 8:57 am Post subject:

everyone knows that if ur in an enclosed area it doesnt matter how far u stand away from a smoker, the smoke will still get to u.

considering the fact that nicotene is a drug it should be regulated in that way as well as alcohol which is also a drug. it doesnt matter if its legal or was legal or whatever. b/c if thats the case then we may as well legalize crack, meth, heroin along with other drugs. even prescription drugs that ppl get high off of like morphine. and what about cough syrup??? they're regulating that by not letting anyone under 18 buy it. if they can tell me i cant purchase some cough syrup when i have a cold then i should be able to tell them that i dont wanna be around smokers when i go out to eat.

Guest · Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject:

Maybe the person who is under 18 and doesn't want to be aroudn smoke shouldn't go to places where it puts them at risk. If I don't want to get sick from smoke, I simply ask for take out.

queenbebe08 · Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:56 am Post subject: