One can only hope that! However, I see these lovely quotes from the American Cancer Society guy and the others as trying to apply pressure to the governor "to keep his word", so to speak.
Perhaps they think that if they keep saying "He said he supported it!" in public often enough that he'll feel the need to back it up with action favorable to them.
I also liked the comment about how statistically 78% of the population are non-smokers. I'd like to know how he came up with that number (his source), though I don't think he's far off. That being said, just because one is a non-smoker doesn't mean that that someone will automatically support these bans. I think it's pretty stupid to think so, anyway.
I also liked the comment about how statistically 78% of the population are non-smokers. I'd like to know how he came up with that number (his source), though I don't think he's far off.
Nope. I say that's Wrong. I have maintained for years (ask She-Lion) that the media (and the usual suspects) are lying through their teeth on the actual number of smokers. It varys from area to area, yes. But I'll give you one example I've used before that opened my eyes. USA TODAY did an article about four years ago stating that Toledo has more bars & restaurants per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. That's true. That's why it's so hard to make it here when you open one. That's also why many fell during the "total ban" , which lasted a year, before the voters amended it.
The same article also stated that 40-43 % of Lucas County (which Toledo is in) were smokers. Also true. I see proof of that every day. And most of them are probably in Toledo.
NOW....The Blade, our rabidly anti-smoker rag, printed the same article a few weeks later. .... Just a few months ago, however-the rag printed another article claiming the number of smokers in L.C. had FALLEN TO 25%!! PROVING THAT BANS WORK! Yeah, right. I know better. Also remember that ban only covered Toledo, nothing else in Lucas County, no one else would go along with it. USA now also parrots the 25% number (probably supplied by the Blade). I sometimes believe they (USA)actually put the truth in the first time by sheer accident,and felt they had to correct that oversight. Unless you actually believe that it dropped by that much in three years time. Remember, you'll feel much more weak & powerless if you think you're in a smaller group than you really are.