[Elyse]

Economic reasons are totally beside the point as far as I'm concerned. The business owner's right to allow a legal act - smoking a cigarette - in their private business is what is the paramount issue here.

If you want to outlaw smoking in private establishments then pass a law that makes cigarettes and smoking cigarettes illegal.

Non-smokers who support these questionably legal bans are contributing to the erosion of everyone's Constitutional rights.

[SheLion]

Non-smokers who support these questionably legal bans are contributing to the erosion of everyone's Constitutional rights.

The general non-smoking public have been duped into thinking that if they vote to ban smoking they will be helping everyone, TO include the smoker, hoping they will quit.

When in all actuality, the smoking bans imposed upon a private business owner cuts revenue, therefore, he has to cut hours, lay off employees.  Also, people do not realize that when one business cuts back, that also cuts back the vendors that supply that business.

The trickle down effect.  It's all bad.  Everyone suffers.

The lies today about second hand smoke is just that.....LIES.

When the war on the smokers didn't work the anti's then turned it around to say that OUR second hand smoke is KILLING everyone.

If anyone believes this, I have that bridge I will sell you.  heh!