[Chi-townChief]

Although I haven't smoked myself in over twenty-five years, I get the impression that these anti-smoking maniacs have found one thing where they feel they can throw around their small authority or influence with impunity. They ask us to tolerate abortion, homosexuality, atheism, environmentalism, anti-Americanism, et al. but light up a smoke and they'll toss your ass out in the street like there's no tomorrow.

[xcamel]

The same reason a "guy with a tiny ****" drives around in a dodge viper.

[rellimpank]

---I have the feeling it's totally about power and has little to do with real health concern--and they're already started on the next step--food, trans fats for example---

[RC2]

We kill over 40,000 people a year in automobile accidents. Should we ban the use of cars because they endanger the other guy?

[PatrickF4]

They not only ask us to tolerate them, they demand that we embrace them; for to allow them to have the kind of power they do is not just to tolerate these things, but to live under their tyranny.

[teenyelliott]

If the government really cared about us, they'd pass a law requiring all of us to attend government exercise classes for an hour every morning.

Oh, wait, I don't live in China.

Gubmint needs to concentrate on defending the country, and leave all of us alone.

[freekitty]

It constantly amazes me how they can be so concerned about health when they allow the killing of babies.

[CyberAnt]

But .. they still keep imposing more and more taxes upon the smokers .. supposedly for the "childrens' programs" .. now .. how are they going to fun their programs ..??

As usual .. the dems never look at the consequences of anything they do.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Smokers - the one minority that can be discriminated against, taxed, profiled, and fined, with impunity.

[nothingnew]

A PUFF for SBSunday

FMCDH(BITS)

[SheLion]

Although I haven't smoked myself in over twenty-five years, I get the impression that these anti-smoking maniacs have found one thing where they feel they can throw around their small authority or influence with impunity. They ask us to tolerate abortion, homosexuality, atheism, environmentalism, anti-Americanism, et al. but light up a smoke and they'll toss your ass out in the street like there's no tomorrow.

No matter what we think of Gay Rights, at least they stand up for themselves and ARE getting their rights.

Business owners and smokers just seem to think a ban could never happen to them, so they never stand up for our rights to smoke.  I really feel sad about all the businesses that have closed because of the smoking bans, but if more business owners and especially the Restaurant Coalition would ban together to oppose these bans, things might have gone differently. 

It's just that old thought "It will never happen to me."  Then, when it does, it's usually to late to fight it.

[SheLion]

Here is a marquee outside a business in Washington State. The anti's lied to them about how good that smoking ban was going to be for them!

[TASMANIANRED]

Being gay is a greater health hazard than smoking..

That being said...Quitting smoking or never smoking has never saved a single life.

The only thing you can do is rearrange the timing of death.

It's still one to a customer..

[MortMan]

But there seems to be only one choice for non-smokers. If you don't like going to a place where people smoke, you can stay away. Don't go the restaurant or the bowling alley or the bar where people smoke -- you are free to make that choice. You don't have to work there. If you don't want your clothes to smell like an ashtray, stay away. If you don't want to be exposed to dangerous chemicals in the air, you can go to a movie.

The author forgets the other choice - open his own dang business and make it all non-smoking.