Posted on 11/17/2002 6:02:53 PM PST by SheLion
Edited on 05/07/2004 6:01:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
When the clock strikes midnight and Nov. 26 is history, the nation's toughest smoking law goes into effect in Delaware.
That means an hour before last call, smokers at such places as Wilmington's Columbus Inn, a cigar-friendly bar and restaurant for almost 50 years, will have to snuff out their stogies or step outside. It means the ashtrays in the office smoking lounge will become obsolete. And it means "Smoking, nonsmoking or first available?" will no longer be a dilemma for Delaware diners.
(Excerpt) Read more at delawareonline.com ...
Um, Wait a minute here.
Deleware is home to DuPont, and a host of other such companies. There is a huge chemical industry presence there.
But tobacco alone has caused a cancer cluster, huh?
Yeah, OK. More Science By Fiat.
Hmmmm good point!!!! VERY good point!!!
It really is sad how a certain few that sit in power over a state can bring it to it's knees.......and what about NASCAR at Dover next season? I wonder how the no smoking will go over? I wish NASCAR would pull out!
This little gem buried in the article caught my eye.
Well, no one smokes IN a Day Care Center. But the ones run by Mom's in their own privately owned homes will now be forbidden to smoke.
Exactly.
What is failed to be commented upon is that cancer (most types) is a malady of aging and there has been a huge influx of retirees to the state.
Another item failed to be mentioned when it comes to cancer deaths is that Delaware has several of the more prominent cancer hospitals in the area. When someone with lung cancer dies in one of those hospitals, even if they are a PA, NJ, MD or where ever resident - it gets put to the Delaware cancer death statistics.
Then of coure we have the garbage air OUTSIDE that everyone in Delaware has lived with for so many years.
But, they're right - it's only the smoking that keeps the cancer rates so high in Delaware (/sarcasm)
I live a bit over a mile south of Dover Downs and because of the time of year they race (early June & mid-late Sept) I generally have my doors and windows open. If the wind is right (wrong in my opinion) not only can I hear everything from the track I can smell it all.
I also live within more than one flight pattern of the air force base (jet engines-sound of freedom).
Please let someone explain to me how being in a bar or restaurant with some tobacco smokers is more detrimental to anyone's health than that???
I won't even go into the chemical plants and refineries, as someone else has already taken care of that.
I hope NASCAR pulls out and I look forward to Maryland and Pennsylvania putting slots in their horse race tracks.
David McBride and Ruth Ann Minner will wish they had never heard of Stanton Glantz or Joe Cherner. A fat Californian and a gay New Yorker will be the downfall of the state of Delaware.
It's much more insidious than you think.
Current law forbids smoking around children in day-care centers including those in private homes. Understandable, acceptable situation.
What this does is brings it to the point that other household members are not permited to smoke in their own rooms behind a closed door during the hours of the day-care operation.
My daughter goes to a home-school pre-school program in a private home - which according to the state is a home day-care center.
My daughter is the last one picked up on Friday afternoon and there have been many a Friday where we have all sat around the table (teacher, her husband me and my husband) and chatted and smoked a cigarette. Because it was before 5pm and there was still a child there, had a state inspector shown up she could have been cited. And that's under the current law.
With the new one, if her husband gets home from work and goes back to the bedroom and closes the door, a state inspector is permitted to open that door prior to 5pm and if he is smoking, he will be cited. It's out of control.
A babysitter is just that.
A "home-based day care center" is a licensed business and is subject to VERY strict rules of operation.
Fiat is out of business.
Just the fact that two different meaures were used to compare the information - "rate of smoking" and "higher than 22 other states" - leads me to believe they cherry-picked the data to make the case to support a foregone conculsion.
Exactly! If tobacco is so bad, why didn't they ban the darn stuff years ago? No way! It has created a cash cow and the lawmakers can't live without our tax dollars. However, why don't the lawmakers give the smokers a "rebate" on all the taxes since we can't SMOKE anywhere?!
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