[beaureguard]

Bar owner voluntarily tried going smoke free for six months. Didn't do too well.

[JRandomFreeper]

But it is the sworn duty of elected officials to protect the health and welfare of the citizenry, so any delay in action would be unwise.

Ummm. No, actually.. The elected officials just need to stay out of the way of productive humans.

/john

[Hot Tabasco]

“We simply didn’t receive the support in numbers we had hoped for from non-smokers

Of course not you knucklehead! The overwhelming majority of the people that USED TO go to your place either smoked or didn't care about smoking! Your attempt to cater to the outspoken minority who offer up all kinds of hollow promises if only you will honor their biased requests is a lesson in socialist economics!

"What's good for me is definitely good for you".......

[caisson71]

This only goes to prove that government doesn't want you to have a decision as to what you can shove down your throat but they would love to have permission to shove anything up your......oh, you know what I mean.

[nothingnew]

PUFF

FMCDH

[metesky]

Pingeroo!

[ETERNAL WARMING]

“We simply didn’t receive the support in numbers we had hoped for from non-smokers. On the other hand, about 60 percent of our (patrons) are smokers, and they didn’t mind going outside when it was warm, but once it got cold they minded, and our business went in the tank.”

Ask any restaurant or bar owner and they'll tell you they are lucky if they can survive. Many haven't.

[SheLion]

Or as another alternative, 3rd Base’s Jones believes that instead of imposing a smoking ban, local governments could require restaurants with smoking sections to operate more efficient air filter systems. For instance, Jones uses a state-of-the-art Honeywell system which he says has kept his air so clean that some patrons in the non-smoking section were unaware that other patrons were smoking.

THIS is the ticket! The big smoke eaters.  And NOT the Government or the Partnership for a Tobacco Free EVERYTHING!

[Great Dane]

However, as of the first of the year, Jones said the experiment had failed.

Thay has been proven over and over again.

[Great Dane]

Ooops.... Typo, make that "that."

[Great Dane]

Although the results of the poll are still unknown, city spokeswoman Jennifer Edwards said it had tallied more than 700 responses, creating the most traffic the site has seen since its inception. As a result, the city has extended the survey, which was set to end Dec. 18 but is still available at www.conyersga.com.

In other words, the survey didn't say what the anti's wanted to hear.

That is excactly what occured here, the head of the health department, Dr Cushman, said the survey said 75% of the surveyed wanted a 100% smoke free City, reporters then asked to see the survey, they were denied, the had to go to "the freedom of infomation route," it turned out the survey said that 85% of the surveyed wanted compromise, that in spite of the 120 asked, only 4 were smokers.....

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

I've got an idea. How about a smokers only bar? If you don't light up, you can't stay. I'm reminded of the movie scene where the exchange goes "I love a good saloon. I do too what's wrong with us?

This owner has the correct idea. Require the establishment to control a maximum amount of particulates in the air. BTW I'm still waiting for scientific proof that disputes the British Medical Journal's finding regarding the lack of a link between second hand smoke and lung cancer. Yes, it makes your clothes smell but so does onions or garlic.

No, I don't smoke cigarettes but I do indulge in the occasional cigar.