Very sorry about your accident. Best wishes to you and your family.I guess this article was about the smoking ban and its affect on business. I think people should be able to smoke at bars. If a person doesn't like second hand smoke, just stay out of bars. The workplace where you are a captive audience is another matter altogether. I support smoking bans in the workplace and other public places.
Who says they have to work there? Can't an adult make a conscious decision to work in such an environment? Just as they can decide not to frequent a smoking establishment, can't they chose not to work there?
And no, don't compare it to working at something like a job with hazardous, deadly chemicals without protection. It's not the same.
gotta go to work now...where it's been no smoking for 25 years or more.
The bar is a workplace.
"I support smoking bans in the workplace and other public places."
Then you DO support smoking bans in Restaurants and Bars. What makes one type of privately owned property more public than others? The government should stay out of it all and leave it up to the owner of the property.