[SheLion]

I've sold my bar in upstate NY. 30% of my business went away in July '03 and it never came back. I dealt with that, just as I dealt with the Draconian DUI laws.

So many private businesses across the United States have closed because of the forced smoking bans.  Horrible!

[383rr]

"So many private businesses across the United States have closed because of the forced smoking bans"

I can't understand their mind-set. This is costing the fools tax-dollars from honest business. It makes no sense. The only sense I can make out of it is that they want total control over private business and property.


"BEFORE ANYONE trots out the disinformation to support a smoking ban in Philadelphia, let me tell you that New York City's sales-tax revenue for bars and restaurants did not rise "8.7 percent" as claimed (and repeated ad nauseam) by agencies "

The phoney- baloney statistics are to be expected, though.

[dominic flandry]

Isn't it great to live in the land of the free?

You can't smoke, drink and drive, drive without a seat belt on, ride without a helmet on a motorcycle, drink sodas in school, etc.

Yeah this is the land of the free alright.