* Gimme a break, Yeah somehow only smokers heard about the ban but nonsmokers didn't.
* It just shows the obvious, That most non-smokers don't give a rat's ass about smoking in bars/restaurants/casinos (While obviously smokers do.) Do these people really believe some non-smoker in South Jersey or in the middle of Pennsylvania is going to say to themselves "There is no smoking in Delaware lets go the there". Sorry the only people who care that much about smoking are the anti-smoking Nazis who make up only 1-3% of the population. And I am sorry but the Anti smoking Nazis aren't the type of people who go to bars or casinos or spend a lot of money at restaurants because other people there are having fun and for the most part the antis are the most miserable, unfunloving people in America.
* And who are they kidding. Even if somehow it were true that the people in the neighboring states somehow never heard about the ban where are all the nonsmoking people from Delaware that were supposedly going to go out more if the ban went into effect.
* Plus I love this quote "designed to lure people from neighboring states to Delaware, selling them on the idea that they can "Eat, drink and breathe easy!"".
Sounds like a good idea!!!, Lure people to Delaware from far away to drink there, Just what the roads in Delaware needs more of people driving who have been drinking.But hey if a family with children gets mowed down at least they didn't die of second hand smoke.
* Quote "Carrie Leishman of the Delaware Restaurant Association said she prefers the new billboard to an existing billboard on I-95 south, which just reminds drivers of the ban and provides an 800 number to report violators. You know what a way to promote your state. Put 800 numbers on billboards on the roads where you can snitch on other people trying to eek out a living.
* This Carrie Leishman has got to go, She has obviously put her personal hatred of smoking above the welfare of the restaurant owners she is supposed to represent. As a first step the restuarant people have got to get rid of her ASAP. I am sorry but if they don't at least try to remove her as their representative they deserve what they get
I have never heard of anyone being excited about vacationing in Delaware!
Yeah kind of like the things that the anti-cannabis Nazis do, except that they haven't started to put cigarette smokers in prison. Not yet anyway.
I have mixed emotions on this. Along with most conservatives, I believe the state should not be in the business of dictating public behavior to such an extent. Still, I'm tired of smelling like Joe Camel every time I come in from a night on the town. No, I don't think I'm going to contract lung cancer by having a drink at a bar with smokers present. But it sure is unpleasant.
Here in the heart of tobacco country, the only smoke-free reastaurants are the bean sprout and carrot juice type places. No thanks. Just once, I'd like to find a place where I could get a big rare steak and a bottle of Cabernet (I guess we all risk our health one way or another, eh?) without smelling the effects of people (even on the other side of the restaurant) who think it's perfectly normal to roll up dry leaves in paper, set it on fire, suck the smoke into their lungs, and exhale it for the "enjoyment" of all.
To me there is nothing that detracts from a fine wine like the odor of cigarette or cigar smoke. Isolation of smoke varies in its effectiveness from establishment to establishment, but the bar area, where I've been known to spend some time, always allows smoking.
Again, I am adamently opposed to government intervention along these lines. But maybe Delaware will end up being a lab of sorts, and some restauranteurs will see that there's a real market for smoke-free dining -- at least on the upscale end of the spectrum. Even as it is, generally speaking, the more expensive the restaurant, the lower the percentage of smoking customers; going smoke-free might be a relatively easy step for some establishments, and a profitable one, too.