1 posted on
07/15/2006 7:30:13 AM PDT by
SheLion
To: Just another Joe; Madame Dufarge; Cantiloper; metesky; Judith Anne; lockjaw02; Mears; CSM; ...
We have tried and tried and tried to tell them!
2 posted on
07/15/2006 7:30:52 AM PDT by
SheLion
("If you're legal, you can fly with the Eagle!" - Michael Anthony)
To: SheLion
Lots of union, blue-collar Democrats in Pittsburgh. These are the guys who hang out at the tavern after work and enjoy a drink and a smoke. The people pushing these smoking bans are elitist snobs.
To: SheLion
One would think the chefs at the nicer restaurants would want to ban smoking. Smoke interferes with the aroma and taste of the food.
4 posted on
07/15/2006 7:33:46 AM PDT by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: SheLion
The ban is being offered out of concern for the health and welfare of employees who work in those facilities and are exposed to second-hand smoke.Employees who are concerned about alleged 2nd hand smoke effects shouldn't work at establishments where 2nd hand smoke would be a concern.
5 posted on
07/15/2006 7:34:47 AM PDT by
xrp
(Fox News Channel: MISSING WHITE GIRL NETWORK)
To: SheLion
I actually like the way New York does it, or at least my county. Sure, there's a statewide ban and no restaurants or bars allow smoking. However, you can apply for a waiver if you meet certain conditions (a certain percentage loss of business, restrictions on employees). Several bars in town have one, and if you want to go to a bar to smoke and drink, there are choices.
This solves the problem of the business owner who wants to disallow smoking but fears losing business because no other restaurant will (opt-in rather opt-out). Of course, this is also coming from a non-restaurant owner and a non-smoker.
6 posted on
07/15/2006 7:35:09 AM PDT by
Dan Nunn
To: SheLion
Three letters: ADA.
Where were all you smokers 15 years ago?
hahaha
16 posted on
07/15/2006 7:49:31 AM PDT by
dakine
To: SheLion
"The proposal to ban smoking in public places was introduced by Sen. Stewart Greenleaf"
Cant trust a Greenleaf to do the bidding of the tobacco 'Brownleaf' brigades. eheheheheh!
The Gestapo tactics against smokers is reprehensible and un-American. Let each restaurant and customer patrons decide the issue without government interference.
22 posted on
07/15/2006 7:58:11 AM PDT by
tflabo
(Take authority that's ours)
To: SheLion
"The sun does more damage to peoples' bodies than second-hand cigarette smoke," said Monessen Elks Club trustee Brian Mears. "What is the government going to do next, shut down the sun? Yep. My dad's occasional cigars didn't cause the melanoma that eventually marched through his body.
I don't blame restaurants for being angry. A lot of smokers boycotted eateries here, years ago.
24 posted on
07/15/2006 8:02:01 AM PDT by
TheSpottedOwl
(If you don't understand the word "Illegal", then the public school system has failed you.)
To: SheLion
Maybe they should start calling their establishments "smoking lounges" and serve food incidentally. Food is actually good for smokers!
25 posted on
07/15/2006 8:02:52 AM PDT by
Graymatter
("Put only Americans on guard tonight." -- George Washington)
To: SheLion
I would love to know what kind of feedback the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association is getting from their members.
To: SheLion
I worked in NYC for years. When Bloomberg brought on the smoking ban there I knew it was only a matter of time before it was the law of the land everywhere.
33 posted on
07/15/2006 8:21:48 AM PDT by
DogBarkTree
(Thanks for putting our boys in harms way, Rep. Murtha, you treasonous jack@ss!)
To: smokeyb
142 posted on
07/15/2006 3:55:32 PM PDT by
Badray
(CFR my ass. There's not too much money in politics. There's too much money in government hands.)
To: SheLion
"The sun does more damage to peoples' bodies than second-hand cigarette smoke," said Monessen Elks Club trustee Brian Mears. "What is the government going to do next, shut down the sun?"What about all those good fumes everyone sucks up behind other cars in rush hour. That has got to be a 100 times worse than second hand smoke....I forgot, they can't do much about that little problem.
154 posted on
07/15/2006 7:41:19 PM PDT by
TheLion
To: SheLion
The Pennsylvania Restaurant Association has thrown its support behind a statewide ban on smoking in restaurants, bars, casinos and private clubs.Why in the world would they do that? Does the American Cancer Society have pictures of the Association president in compromising positions with a woman not his wife, or is it something else entirely?
To: SheLion
In his free society owners could also pipe in sewer gases, asbestos fibers, allow animals to crap in the kitchen, etc., etc. Wanto to smoke? Smoke outside public places and in your own home. Why foul the air and irritate others?
I sat next to guy in the barbershop the other day. This guy reeked so bad I literally couldn't take it. I had to move as far away as possible. I don't think smokers even understand how bad they smell to others.
228 posted on
07/17/2006 8:02:40 AM PDT by
Doc Savage
(Bueller?....Bueller?...Bueller?...Bueller?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...Pelosi?...)
To: SheLion
for coal miners, smokings the least of their problems - leave 'em alone. Don't they suffer enough without the do-gooders?
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