Originally Posted by
bryonc
I Also live here and I agree with the rule on no smoking in Restaurants, but bars come on, people expect to smoke in a bar, I have a couple customers that own bars and they are afraid that the customers will go to their car to smoke and while they are out there drink more so they dont have to spend it inside.
I am a non smoker and very big against smoking, but sometimes government goes a lil too big brother.
The best part of this law for me is that it is everywhere though, because if it is just in one town or another it can hurt businesses that are in one town with a bordering town that allows smoking (bars, I don't think it is as much of a deal with restaurants)
So in the end I love that now I can go to whatever restaurant I want, My kids and I no longer have to smoke just because the restaurant allows it. I know there are smoking sections and non smoking but far far too many restaurants dont have a clue and to get to the non smoking section or from their to the bathroom you have to go through a smoking section.
There is a list of non smoking restaurants in the county I live in, and I have found that a lot of these restaurants have gotten busier because of going non smoking.
Like it or now before long I feel the US will have a public smoking ban.
BTW my father died from stopping breathing, a side effect of his cancer, all caused from smoking his whole life, when they talked about putting him on oxygen my mother said no because then she couldn't smoke in the house because of the tank.
My best friend growing up started smoking when he was 9, at 32 he found out he had cancer. Spent months not being able to work, months in the hospital, and lots of time in Chemo. Funny thing though, even though they told him it was mostly due to smoking,(Partially family background and genes) he still didn't quit, he has been back somewhat recovering for almost a year, he still cant work, and is trying for disability. He will likely never work again at 35, from knowing what he is going through I expect him to die within the next 5 years, he may live longer then that but I just don't think so because cancer is nothing to play with. I dont want my kids to have to go through that simply because we like to eat out in public.
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