[SheLion]

I am so tired of hearing about this proposed smoking ban. It seems to me that the owner of a business, be it a restaurant or a bar, should have the right to decide what goes on at his business. If you don't smoke, don't go to a place that allows smoking. If you don't smoke, don't work at a place that allows smoking.

[SupplySider]

I am so tired of hearing about this proposed smoking ban. It seems to me that the owner of a business, be it a restaurant or a bar, should have the right to decide what goes on at his business. If you don't smoke, don't go to a place that allows smoking. If you don't smoke, don't work at a place that allows smoking.

I could not agree more.Freedom would be better for everyone. Non-smoking eateries would pop up and everyone would be happy, except those trying to feel important by pushing other people around.

[CurlyDave]

I am so tired of hearing about this proposed smoking ban. It seems to me that the owner of a business, be it a restaurant or a bar, should have the right to decide what goes on at his business. If you don't smoke, don't go to a place that allows smoking. If you don't smoke, don't work at a place that allows smoking.

I have been a non-smoker for 40 years. The falacy in your supposed argument for "freedom of choice" is that until about 10 years ago I had no freedom of choice.

Please name 4 or 5 first-class restaurants in NYC or anywhere else which were non-smoking in 1980 or even 1985. What percentage of the total were they?

That's right, you can't.

Until the recent bans on smoking in public places there were no non-smoking establishments.

I vividly being remember being sickened and nasuseated on airplane flights back when smoking was allowed. Where were the non-smoking flights before the government forced them?