I say smoking is generally bad, for oneself and children, do you agree?
This is not a yes/no question. I will not fall for the trap.
I say that at least 60% of the population believe that smoking is a nasty, dirty habit, ie, an addiction, do you agree?
This is not a yes/no question. I will not fall for the trap.
I believe and it is supported by literature written as a result of demographic studies, that say that smokers generally reside in a lower class than do non-smokers, although for the sake of this argument I will allow that there are exceptions but the generality still is understood to be factual, would you agree with this?
This is not a yes/no question. I will not fall for the trap.
I say that the life expectancy for smokers is several years to twenty years less for smokers compared to nonsmokers, is this a fact you can agree on?
This is not a yes/no question. I will not fall for the trap.
Based on this, that is, that smoking is a factor to the health of an individual and that the government is known to and is required to regulate health in the workplace and to regulate the health of consumers then it would be an act of nonfeasance for a governmental body to disregard the health of nonsmokers, do you agree?
This is not a yes/no question. I will not fall for the trap.
To directly answer the comment I offered of smokers generally being of lower class and lower education, demographics and public health studies have reported this for years. I did not make it up.
It matters not to me whether you made them up or not....the demographics of the type of establishments I frequent, and have been for 20 years, remains the same...highly educated, high income professionals, many, if not the majority, of whom are smokers.
Take your choice, 20 years of first hand personal experience, or "studies" that have been done by special interest groups seeking a particular result.