Posted on 02/21/2007 5:01:58 PM PST by jdege
1. Do you support House File 305, the smoking ban bill?
2. Should the smoking ban apply to bars as well as restaurants?
3. Do you feel private clubs should be exempted from a smoking ban?
4. Should local governments be allowed to pass a stricter ban than state law?
At first I agreed that these bills were wrong but I'm now looking at it as similar to the laws against spitting chewing tobacco in restaurants and salons back in the early 20th century. I like a smoke free environment. It's not that hard to quit anymore with the new drugs. So quit for crying out loud and let go of this issue. There are more important fights out there.
Any poll that wants to know how I "feel" about something, not how I "think" doesn't interest me enough to mess with it.
Oh, you're sooooooooooooo right/sarc. Ever heard of private property owners using their property in the way they see fit?
"There are more important fights out there."
Yeah, like property rights.
well, if you serve food, there are a lot of limits on your property rights from the get go... but hey, fight it if you want to. I don't care.
Then find a restaurant where people don't smoke. I like buffalo wings, so I eat at a restaurant that makes good buffalo wings.
It's not that hard to quit anymore with the new drugs.
It's not about the nicotine fix. Have you ever quit smoking? I have, dozens of times. I quit on Valentine's day. I'm still quitting. I like the nicotine gum, and it works, but I only had to use it for a few days before I was completely free of my physical cravings. The hardest part of quitting smoking is the habit of having a cigarette. I quit for a month about a year ago. Then I played a round of golf, had a few beers, and bummed a smoke off a buddy. On the way home, I stopped and bought a pack. It's really easy to fall off the wagon, especially if your friends smoke.
So quit for crying out loud and let go of this issue. There are more important fights out there.
I'm trying. Thanks for your support.
I did quit. I know it's hard. Good luck.
Didn't mean to pounce. For some reason, I'm easily agitated right now. LOL. I try to keep a sense of humor through it all. On the bright side, I think I finally understand what PMS is like for women.
"I don't care."
Then why even bother posting on the thread if you don't care?
More likely, you do care - you fall down on the nanny state side - but you want to appear 'above the fray' by saying it doesn't matter to you.
If you don't care - and you don't like smoke - go to a smoke free restaurant. But you don't pay rent, wages, taxes, or insurance on the restaurant - the owner does - so it should be his say on smoking policy, not yours.
I have two children who have fought through multiple mental health and addiction issues. I have absolute love and acceptance of people with any of these issues right now. I eat too much. I would probably be better off without the two beers I drink a day. So don't beat up on yourself too much and take it one hour at a time if you have to.
And then there are some of us who dont WANT to quit, Dont want to be told what to do by Big Daddy Doctor/Government.
How do you supposed the government will "deal" with those types..
highimpact, I quit for a month like you (thru hypnotherapy) but still hung out with smoker friends and ... to use a local term, "backslid." While it isn't easy to do, I think all the current hype and ads proclaiming "addiction" are merely a marketing ploy. Tough habituation? Yes. But unless you wake up every couple hours craving a cig, as addicts to many drugs do, then you ain't addicted. (In a previous life I worked for a "street clinic" and saw quite a few examples of real addiction.)
Revenue from Minnesota's 75 cent cigarette "fee" is already down 3%. I hope their legislature isn't planning to balance the budget on cigarette fees if they pass this bill. Perhaps Minnesota legislators should read the story of "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg"
Yes. But unless you wake up every couple hours craving a cig, as addicts to many drugs do, then you ain't addicted.
I CAN remember nights where I awoke at 3am to go outside for a cigarette. Nicotine addicts sleep. Heroin addicts sleep. Meth addicts sleep. Crack addicts sleep. I've never heard the scientific principle that proves a substance is not addictive simply because its users sleep.
Your body has an internal clock that gets used to the cycle of nicotine during certain hours of day, followed by periods of rest. Just because you don't wake up, doesn't mean the cravings aren't there. It just means that your body has learned to adapt to the cravings, thereby allowing your body and brain to rest and recharge. It's a case of one physical need overriding another. One thing I've noticed since quitting is that my sleep is much more restful, probably as a result of the physical nicotine cravings going away.
Waht a stoooooooopid poll.
since you don't understand the premise, there is no point discussing this with you.
Food safety and whether smoking is permitted or not have as much to do with each other as apples and oranges.
I'd be a lot more worried about what's in the food they're serving than the cigarette smoke in the air.
Sure, ban it. Empower government and strip property rights. And when they start taxing food by the calorie (or coming after whatever vice becomes a target next), don't complain.
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