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"Sunday River Ski area owned by the American Ski Corp. had made their mountain smoke free which included all pubs, restaurants and hotels and it has not hurt their business."

The OWNERS of the ski lodge exercised their property rights. They're catering to a specific clientele. Smokers simply went elsewhere.

The owners of bars in which smoking will now be banned are NOT exercising their property rights. They are having their property rights taken away by the gestapo tactics of the Nanny State.

They pay their business taxes to the state every quarter...to have the state regulate more and more actions performed on their property. Who's gonna enforce this? An American version of the hizbah, the morality police?

There ARE organizations in this country which will take their case and represent them should they decide to fight.

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Who's gonna enforce this?

The owner.

Smokers simply went elsewhere.

No, they still skied during the day (a recreational mindset) and still crowded the bars into the night.

ARE organizations in this country which will take their case and represent them should they decide to fight.

As I stated that costs money and in that business you are running a business from morning til late at night. Schedules are hard to coordinate. However, you are correct; they should fight it and not just talk about it, but will they?

Wouldn't you think the tobacco $$$ industry would be in this fight with them?

Respectfully,

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