[Svartalfiar]

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[Buckeye McFrog]

Public nudity still OK.

[Svartalfiar]

So, this is a little ridiculous. I haven’t read the ordinance, but per the article the ban is public in/outdoor locations. It then goes on to say the ban applies to private bars, condos, businesses (privately owned!), and more. Not quite sure how that works.

[left that other site]

Nudity, prostitution, public drunkenness, and looting are cultural icons in NOLA....

But SMOKING?????

[DJ MacWoW]

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[rfreedom4u]

And homosexuals have no legal or constitutional right to expose ANYONE to their disgusting lifestyle choices.

When does the ban start?

[Ditter]

As long as they still let you puke on the sidewalk, it’s still New Orleans!

[pepsi_junkie]

Claiming there is no “constitutional right” to smoke, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to outlaw smoking and electronic cigarettes in indoor and outdoor public places.

Somewhere along the lines our overlords decided that the constitution defined OUR rights and if something wasn't listed in there, too bad for us. They fundamentally misread it (intentionally or through stupidity) to justify a supreme state with the people relegated to serfs.

And as a result, breathing water vapor outside is now illegal NOLA.

[terycarl]

That is a clear misinterpretation of Constitutional rights. We don't have, nor need a constitutional right to do anything. The Constitution regulates the government, not us.It enumerates many, but certainly not all, things that the government cannot deprive its citizens of. Free speech, freedom to assemble, freedom from search and siezure etc.

Another ducument mentions the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness and smoking would fall under the happiness clause I guess. If you thing that your government hasn't gotten out of hand....think again while you still have that right!!!

[publius911]

Claiming there is no “constitutional right” to smoke, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to outlaw smoking and electronic cigarettes in indoor and outdoor public places.

Interesting (and unsupported) assertion.
Smoking was legal and common when the Constitution was debated and adopted.

Abortion was not.

Certain "Natural Rights" were assumed, taken for granted and did not need to be mentioned or debated, just as the Bill of Rights.

Contracts were sacrosanct, as well as ownerships of One's self.

I do not recall any Constitutional Amendments attempting to do away with those. The Bill of Rights is not subject to Amendment.

[Lurker]

Being able to smoke in a bar in New Orleans made it one of the last civilized cities in the US.

This law will be almost universally ignored, especially on Borboun St.

L

[Joe 6-pack]

Apparently cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke were having an adverse impact on the city’s renown urine smell.

[logi_cal869]

Well, they also banned the smoking of marijuana (minor mention in the article).

ROFLMAO

[Drango]

Note to self: Consider New Orleans for next vacation.

[rktman]

While waiting in your car at a drive up atm? Really? Ridiculouser and ridiculouser. Thanks there mz. commie organizer. So I’m guessin’ this is currently only Orleans Parish? Never mind the common everyday thugs, go after those evil smokers. Should make for an intersting Mardi Gras. Anti smoking revenues up when they bust out of towners who don’t know about the new “law”.

[Kirkwood]

Does this include smoking guns?

[txmissy]

There goes probably half of their tourism revenue.

[Albion Wilde]

Claiming there is no “constitutional right” to smoke, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to outlaw smoking...

But if they are "gay married", that's constitutionally ok. Right.

[Adder]

There’s no constitutional right to ban it either....

[Svartalfiar]

So, after actually reading the ordinance, I think I've found an arguable loophole.

Smoking means inhaling, exhaling, burning, carrying, or possessing any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and marijuana, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form. “Smoking” also includes the use of an electronic smoking device which creates an aerosol or vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this Article

So, most pipe/cigars are usually not inhaled, and as such, are not intended to be inhaled. So all of the bans on smoking don't apply most cigars/pipes. Indeed, the secondhand smoke definition actually makes this distinction, so the city can't argue puffing is included in the above definition of smoking. Also, the actual bans don't mention second-hand smoke, so that is ok. Since they

Secondhand smoke means smoke emitted from a lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, including hookahs and marijuana, whether natural or synthetic, in any manner or in any form, when the smoker is not inhaling, smoke emitted at the mouthpiece during puff drawing, and smoke exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke also includes aerosol or vapor from the use of an electronic smoking device emitted, in any manner or in any form, when the smoker is not inhaling, at the mouthpiece during puff drawing, and when the smoker is exhaling.

[dhs12345]

If pot becomes legal, I wonder if that includes pot. /sarc.

Oh the irony.

Anyway, probably not because pot is medicinal and good for you.