When will they ban marijuana?
I think a group of business owners has gathered to sue the city over this ordinance.
Ban alcohol, on BOURBON STREET........................
- Smoking is no longer allowed in bars, restaurants, casinos and at the fairgrounds.
- There is no smoking allowed within five feet of Lafayette Square.
- Smoking is now prohibited in outdoor sporting arenas and stadiums — except during concerts, festivals and parades.
- Smoking will be allowed during carnival balls in the Morial Convention Center.
All of the rules at:
ARTICLE II. - SMOKE FREE AIR ACT
https://www.municode.com/library/la/new_orleans/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIICO_CH66EN_ARTIISMFRAIAC
My son is a professional musician and I love the fact that bars ban smoking. He never smoked and after performing in a bar that does have smoking he would hardly be able to talk.
Drinking booze doesn’t bother anyone but the drinker (as long as they don’t drive) but smoking bothers everyone in the room. Smokers don’t seem to get that........but I think that bar and restaurant owners should be able to decide. This really surprises me about NO. Never thought they would do this.
Feh! Surely you jest!
That's not their business! They didn't build that!
In California, a lot of bars closed when they had to become non-smoking. People just went home. And non-smokers were not spending and showing up enough to be profitable. My husband and I had a favorite place to go, despite the smoke. It’s parking lot was overflowing on weekends. It’s been demolished and replaced. I have noticed, however, that new places seem to have outdoor seating areas where smokers can go. Will N.O. have something like that? I can’t imagine there is a lot of room for it in those old streets.
“I know a bunch of people who don’t come in here because of the smoke.”
...there’s always some a-hole like this that thinks that because 3 of his dip shit friends said “we don’t like smoke” than that’s the true gauge. Go to a different bar you little creep. Liberals want to change America to their liking, businesses to their liking, cars, everything. Once they do, there’s always something else wrong.
Wow, Bourbon Street without smoking in it’s bars. That’s going to be weird. There are cigar stores right there where you can buy your cigar to go smoke it in the bar right next door. Guess those cigar stores will be going out of business before long.
Oh well, I guess the government knows what’s best for us. Perhaps they will now work on banning alcohol in bars... </sarcasm>
This is an example of Liberal Evolution.
They started by complaining about smoking work areas.
Companies set up non-smoking and smoking break rooms.
After a while, they complained about smoking indoors.
Companies create policies that smokers were to go outside.
After a while, they complained about those smoking outside being too close to doorways and windows.
Companies/buildings banned smoking within so may feet of the building.
After a while, they complained about smoking outside, in general.
City governments in numerous locations have ‘banned’ smoking within the city limits. Some even include a ban on smoking in private residences.
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Libs are never happy. Every thing they are ‘against’ today is only a stepping stone to the next thing they are ‘against’ tomorrow.
I wonder how many people will stop going to the bar because they can’t smoke?
I hate these laws. What is wrong with the market deciding? If you want a smoke-free bar then go to one that is. I can’t see why we can’t have both types as the alternative is that people that want to smoke have no bars to go to where they can do what they want...which I thought was related to this small concept called ‘liberty’.
I can’t imagine a bar that declares itself a non-smoking bar wouldn’t attract a good amount of customers, especially if the smokers are congregating at a smoking bar. Why can’t we allow for both?
I find it quite amusing at outdoor stadiums. Nobody smokes in the stands but outside the stands (but inside the stadium) people smoke knowing they’re “not allowed to”. You have the smoking Nazi’s walking around (their primary job) telling people to “put it out”, like they’re a LEO or something. The dynamics are interesting. The smokers quickly organize, forming a human wall of people not smoking to hide those behind them that are, then rotate. I assume before long we’ll have drones flying around and people being arrested for such criminal behavior.
During Marti Gras, if a girl flashes he boobs, the crowd will flip her a ciggarette instead of beads
Houston has banned smoking in all city parks.
I’m as anti-smoking as they come and I think smoking policy should be up to the bar/restaurant/business owner or landlord of the building.
When a Republican doesn’t like something, they walk away.....
When a Democrat doesn’t like something, they change the law to their way and make us all suffer.....
In 2015, I'm surprised there were any bars left that you could smoke in.
Cigarettes and Booze
Ladies Flouncing Flooze
N’Awlins laws? Flaut ‘em
She can’t live without ‘em
They’re the midwives at the Birth of the Blues.