Boston - Outdoor bistros say stringent smoking rules will kill biz

Boston Herald ^ | June 2 2009 | Richard Weir

[GOP_Lady]

Hi, dear Madame! :-)

[swarthyguy]

>>banned smoking in state parks and playgrounds

Hmm, Kurdistan sure is pretty this time of year!

[GOP_Lady]

FREEDOM, PING!

[DJ MacWoW]

I watched the link and laughed at the sad little man worrying about second hand smoke.......outside. Barbecue grills next on the hit list.

[bamahead]

“People will say, ‘Screw it. We’ll go out of town to a place where we can have dinner and a cigar outside.’ It just makes it tougher and tougher to do business in the city.”



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[swarthyguy]

TIME magazine highlighted the danger of third hand smoke.

That’s when I came up with this -

Each discarded butt is a miniature superfund toxic site.

BBQ Grills - Your right to pollute where my breathing begins.....

[GOP_Lady]

EMERGENCY legislation? LOL.

ACT NOW!!!

[DJ MacWoW]

I rent a house on 80 acres. I am home most of the time too. Don’t have to put up with other peoples, um, garbage. ;-)

[Bokababe]

"but imho i believe where it is almost illegal to smoke anywhere then we just need to stamp out smoking altogether and make it against the law."

You wouldn't want to be around the day that a "no tobacco" law went into effect. Can you imagine millions of people in nicotine withdrawal all at exactly the same time?

[bamahead]

-Smart Thermostats to keep indoor temperatures at a federally prescribed level.

Practically every hotel in Europe has these now. And you have to call the front desk to even activate the thermostat.

[SaraJohnson]

Fascism is not all it’s cracked up to be. These same “business owners” vote for the Left. They can vote for the left in the next election as the beggars they wannabe.

[ichabod1]

How much is safe???? You Tell Me. WHAT LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO BURNING TOBACCO PRODUCTS IS SAFE????????????????? /s

[ichabod1]

Every discarded butt is my little way of saying FU. (not you personally)

[DJ MacWoW]

Did you watch the video? The guy worried about second hand smoke outside with a straight face. I read on FR some years ago an article where the doctor that linked smoking with cancer had NO qualms about second hand smoke. He was totally unconcerned.

[swarthyguy]

I’m positive a good percentage of these owners went for Obie. That’s why the quality of my “sympathy” is markedly strained.

But, once smokers have been taxed, banned even from outdoor patios, sent to the back door of the establishment.....who is next.

After the unpopular citizens are nailed, who are they gonna go after next.....

[swarthyguy]

actually I can understand the anger at butts at beaches etc. There was a lack of consideration on the part of many smokers, I remember carrying discard butts in a can to dispose of them in the trash...

But, now they’re complaining in Boston about butts outside where they chased the smokers.....

Hence my call for a smoke free zone around the entrance to every commercial establishment.....bars included.

[jimt]

In fact, there ought to be a prohibition on smoking within say, 20 feet or so of an entrance to a commerical establishment.

In fact, it ought to be up to the owners of private businesses what their smoking policy is. And it ought to be that those who don't like the policy don't patronize the place.

In a free country.

[Madame Dufarge]

Hello, m’lady! Good to see you.

[GOP_Lady]

Same here, oh great Madame! :-)

I hope everything is going well up in the liberal bastion of Maine.

[Madame Dufarge]

A few years ago a lunatic state rep here proposed a 5-cent deposit on cigarette butts.

Fortunately this was too much even for the Health Commissars in Augusta.

Representative Joe Brooks (Lunatic-Winterport)