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[Illinois]House Committee OKs Statewide Smoking Ban
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| 02/08/2006
| AP
Posted on 02/08/2006 8:54:37 AM PST by arkady_renko
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Land of Lincoln? Chicago is the tail that wags the dog here.
A_R
To: arkady_renko
"One expert says a waitress who breathes second-hand smoke for eight hours has essentially smoked a pack of cigarettes."
Maybe they should tax her for the free smoke.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:03:03 AM PST
by
Pessimist
To: arkady_renko
Anyone from Illinois knew this was coming. In Springfield they just banned smoking, it will take affect in 2007. The city of Springfield is busy trying to get the county they are in to ban smoking also. Springfield city officials are afraid smokers will spend their money in the county and not the city. This state ban is basically the same thing, all places that have banned smoking have watched their smoking patrons spend their money where they could smoke. The city of Springfield is also trying to ban smoking in private clubs.
To: arkady_renko; Pessimist
One expert says a waitress who breathes second-hand smoke for eight hours has essentially smoked a pack of cigarettes. It's a damn shame that the waitress can only work in a smoking environment..she could work at a smoke free workplace, but her children are being held hostage and thus she is forced to work in an evil smoking restaurant..the horror..
To: arkady_renko
Isn't smoking banned in California already?
To: arkady_renko
First they came for the smokers..............
To: arkady_renko
Well, they certainly get wild-eyed and drooly whenever they think about increasing the taxes on cigarettes. The governor doesn't even bring up health concerns anymore when talking about an increase. He sells it as a cure for budget woes.
So I guess the state is really dependent on smokers' buying cigarettes. It just doesn't like smokers to smoke them.
To: arkady_renko; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; ...
Here we go again...........
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:11:43 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Michael Moore is just another media RAW (radical agenda whore) splashing in the pool.)
To: arkady_renko
Land of Lincoln? Chicago is the tail that wags the dog here.
Lincoln was from Kentucky anyway...
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:11:44 AM PST
by
JamesP81
To: BerniesFriend
What ever happened to hazard pay? Give them an extra dime an hour. I used to work at a power plant and when ever someone had to work on the smoke stack they got hazard pay because of the height of the stack. People used to fight over who got to go up, we all wanted the extra money.
To: one more state
Most wait staff I know, I have waited my fair share of tables, prefer to work in smoking sections, they claim smokers tip better........plus a lot of them are also smokers themselves.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:18:08 AM PST
by
Gabz
(Michael Moore is just another media RAW (radical agenda whore) splashing in the pool.)
To: one more state
Isn't smoking banned in California already?Not quite. After all, they can't tax what they ban. Of course, where someone can smoke is highly regulated here in CA.
To: one more state
You can still smoke outside in CA, except in Berkely, and in your own home. Many rentals ban smoking.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:21:08 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: DumpsterDiver
Where can you smoke in Cal?
To: Justanobody
I suspect this will end up like poker machines in small bars. The bartender will only pay out if he knows you, other wise the machines are just there for fun.
To: arkady_renko
Well thank goodness the government is going to ride in on the white charger and save them all, as this is clearly the most pressing issue facing this country! /s
To: one more state
Where can you smoke in Cal?In your own house, maybe in apartments/condos, in the trunk of your car, in your garage, and maybe a few other places. You can also smoke any place outside as long as no one is around to see you. Places like that.
To: Gabz
This is becoming a full time job.
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:28:13 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
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To: DumpsterDiver
So has everyone in California quit smoking? Do they have big smoking parties? Where does Arnold smoke his cigar?
To: DumpsterDiver
You can also smoke any place outside Did Berkely recind the outdoor smoking ban?
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posted on
02/08/2006 9:30:08 AM PST
by
Just A Nobody
(NEVER AGAIN - Support our troops. I *LOVE* my attitude problem! Beware the Enemedia.)
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