Each of the above government regulations are instituted to protect the public safety or at least the perceived public safety. Thus as long as their is a perceived public safety threat from ETS there will continue to be smoking bans.
The stark reality is that within 10 years there will no be a jurisdiction in the U.S. where there are not smoking bans.
Ok, so what about the industry that produced big air purifiers for bars and restaurants that will suck the rug right off of your head?! I know of such a person that marketed and sold these huge air purifiers. He has had to foreclose on his home because all of these people have lost their jobs because of the smoking bans.
Air purifiers were the way to go, in order to have a smoking section and a non smoking section. Just like the big Casino's in Las Vegas. The air is like glass. You have to look around to see if anyone is smoking because the air purifiers are sucking out the smoke and what other BO might abound.
But these air purifiers weren't good enough for the highly paid professional anti-smokers and now all their little pinions that have been duped to believe that second hand smoke and smokers have got to go.
Well, you believe what you want about getting rid of smokers, but I don't think it's going to come in your time or the time of your choosing. Cigarettes are legal and that's a fact.
Millions of us choose to smoke and we don't want to be around you anymore then you want to be around us.
If you think it's ok to force a business to close and to conform American's into the mold of your choosing, just because you don't want to see people smoking, you are a lot more addicted then any smoker will EVER be!
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