[SheLion]

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[INSENSITIVE GUY]

Only in America will you find "wussies"scared of their own shadow and a culture of"worry warts"who will find a way of putting someone in jail for using a perfectly LEGAL product!

[NC_Libertarian]

€ 898 individuals have been convicted of illegal smoking. Most have faced fines reaching $255.

€ 19 proprietors have been convicted of permitting smoking. The highest fine has been $3,000. Most fines have been $1,000 or more.

Stubborn bar owners may face jail

Welcome to the drug war 2002. Yeehaw!

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

If they stand together, hold their ground and are willing to go to jail for as long as it takes, the publicity, after a while, will take care of the issue. [As soon as it resembles a cattle herd.] In this day & age, sending restaurant & bar owners to jail for allowing customers to enjoy a legal activity, while refusing to offend our middle eastern enemies will not fare well.

[Great Dane]

Enforcing a law, is the job of the police.

[PoppingSmoke]

"Owners could then be jailed for contempt of court if they breach the order and permit smoking."

Sounds like the legislators who proposed this law should be jailed.......

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

I wonder if Canadian government officials look like those Terrance and Philip caricatures in South Park. Such misshapen heads could explain the utter redness of Kanadian Government...

[Squawk 8888]

Publicize the names of convicted owners in reports to council, as is done with food-safety violations.

I kinda like that idea- that way I'll know which bars to patronize.

[monkeyshine]

"You don't go to jail for beating people up in the park any more, so I don't know why you should go to jail for not enforcing the smoking bylaw?"

ROFL. The left doesn't care if you get beat up. They just want to force their social order upon you.

[3catsanadog]

I certainly hope that the states that still allow smoking in bars and restaurants are watching this and when this type of legislation starts waving in the wind, they will loudly speak up against it, along with us smokers. This needs to stop.

What's the next target - private residences with children wouldn't surprise me.