You know, it's one thing to use the taxes on cigarettes that smoker's pay, for Help Lines to help smokers who sincerely want to quit, and for all the Big Pharm helpers like the Patch, etc., to give to non-insured smokers who want to quit......but to use our money for asinine TV ads; sponsoring race teams and race tracks; and to march into privately owned business's and dictate to them about their new "policy," whether they want it or not...............is way over the top, IMHO.
And the wait staff who are all for this smoking ban? (I haven't run across MANY), knew from the first moment they applied for the job that smoking was allowed. A lot of their wages and tips came from the smoking patrons.
What will these non-smoking wait staff do now when they are laid off, or if they are lucky enough to have seniority, to have their tips cut in half? They can "breath clean air," but this clean air won't put food on their tables or gas in their cars.
