Maui to ban restaurant smoking

Honolulu Advertiser ^ | Wednesday, August 21, 2002 | Timothy Hurley

[Vidalia]

WAILUKU, Maui

[Vidalia]

Also testifying were youngsters from teen tobacco prevention programs in Hana and Moloka'i. They said they're not even old enough to buy cigarettes, yet they are forced to breathe secondhand smoke when they go out to eat.

Now the brainwashed pissant children are also in charge of the asylum...

[diggerwillow]

Sorry, but this ex-smoker is all for it. There is not one positive thing that comes from filling your lungs with smoke.

[AndrewSmith]

I was thinking the other day, why don't we just go ahead and ban freedom and get it over with? All of this slowly warming water is making my skin wrinkle. Heck, lets just kill off freedom, and hand over everthing to our waiting government? Wouldn't they be happy? All that power gained in seconds as the public decideds that constantly losing the battle is just not worth the fight.

Ohhh, now the feds are going after file traders! Five years in the pen for trading files! But, don't bring up clinton to those feds. They've ignored them for two years now. Soon, the clintons will be only a distant memory.

[weikel]

Plz we don't need another drug warrior on FR but here is the reason. People choose to smoke and the resteraunt owners have the right to choose to let people on their propert. The government has no place interfering in those decisions.

[weikel]

Doesn't matter the government has no right taking over the decision of private resteraunt owners of whether to allow smoking in their establishments.

[f.Christian]

No helmet law in Hawaii---live free?

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

I guess some people don't enjoy non-foul air and wants everyone to breathe their stink.

[diggerwillow]

I understand all that and no one is trying to ban smoking. I just prefer the cleaner air atmosphere when dining out. It's just a choice thing.

[Ramius]

Why are conservitives pro-smoking?

It's not about being pro-smoking or anti-smoking. It's about letting adults make decisions for themselves without Mommy government telling us to put our coats on before we go outside.

[weikel]

Then you will find a resteraunt to cater to you. Its up to the resteraunts not the government.

[Ramius]

People are free to go to restaurants that have whatever atmosphere they choose. Ain't that swell?

[Ramius]

It's just a choice thing.

Not in Maui. Not in California. Not in NYC. Not in... aw... you get the picture.

It should be up to the owners and the patrons. Sadly, Mommy won't let us.

[Vidalia]

Who said one word about CONSERVATIVES (notice the correct spelling)?

Not I, and neither did anyone that had anything to do with this article!

Why are liberal/National Socialists so dense, ill educated and hallucinate and/or read or see things that aren't real, and then must lie to cover the fact that they haven't a clue about the real world of factual representation?

[altair]

It's not about smoking, per se, it's about private property rights. The article says 70% of the establishments were in favor of the ban, however, why didn't they just go ahead and do it? They don't need a total government ban in order to ban smoking on their own premises. The 30% not in favor are certainly within their rights to allow smoking if they choose. Customers who don't like it don't have to go there.

[Vidalia]

"There is not one positive thing that comes from filling your lungs with smoke. "

Who "forced" you to do so in the first place? Do you not have a mind of your own? Are you functionally illiterate and were unable to read the Surgeon General's warnings on each and every package that you opened and smoked?

Could you name us a recent valid source of any scientific study that PROVES that secondary, tertiary or quaternary smoke actually does any damage to any life form in an open air area, and if so, what open air space results could you post here for all to see and make up our own minds?

[Ben Chad]

Smoking has the benefit of lessening the demand for Social Security benefits as smokers die off early. Is it worth the costs in medical care for cancer? I don't know. I just wish smokers would quit throwing their butts all over creation.

[Ramius]

I just wish smokers would quit throwing their butts all over creation.

Put the ashtrays back next to the entrance to the building and that shouldn't be a problem.

[diggerwillow]

"There is not one positive thing that comes from filling your lungs with smoke. "

What part of this statement did you not understand? If you know of something positive that occurs let me know.
If you want to smoke your brains lungs out be my guest, I don't care. Like I said before my choice would be to take your butt outside.

[Vidalia]

Would you care to answer the question(s) rather than make flailing attempts to change or totally disregard the questions posed?

Again, very slowly...Who forced you to do so, or should I post the entire previous set of questions?

Very well, here they are:

Who "forced" you to do so in the first place? Do you not have a mind of your own? Are you functionally illiterate and were unable to read the Surgeon General's warnings on each and every package that you opened and smoked?

Could you name us a recent valid source of any scientific study that PROVES that secondary, tertiary or quaternary smoke actually does any damage to any life form in an open air area, and if so, what open air space results could you post here for all to see and make up our own minds?