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What is it was like, Ditka against a bunch of pencil-neck santi-smoking fascists? Da Bearsss!

[Tax-chick]

My cousin died from lung cancer caused by secondhand smoke. Her smoker husband is still alive in his 60's.

I was sick every winter when my mother smoked. I haven't had bronchitis since I left home.

There's more to the smoking/health equation than one person's anecdotal evidence. If they want customers for the restaurant, they should have a non-smoking section. Some people don't want to pay to stink, and others don't want to deal with the health issues.

A simple, free-market situation ...

[Max McGarrity]

When Mayor Daly first floated the idea of a smoking ban in Chicago, Mike Ditka was quoted as opposing it.

The cigar-chomping former coach has granted television interviews defending smokers' rights. He has even wondered aloud why smokers have to suffer just because Ald. Edward Burke (14th), the City Council's leading anti-smoking crusader, has a "bug up his butt."

Antis, of course, squealed like stuck pigs, saying Ditka was a "shill for the tobacco industry" and that he "won't stand up for the little guy, especially those who are getting killed working in restaurants."

We know Mike Ditka will be the target of massive, deceptive pr campaigns, they'll try to get the ban statewide to make a "level playing field," and they'll fly in Stan-the-Sham Glantz to "prove" how successful such bans have been in Kookiefornia with his fudged statistics and doctored data. I'd like to see that Ditka has the facts to back him up as well as letting him know we appreciate his support. No one else with any clout has been so vocal.

The address for his restaurant is:

Mike Ditka's Restaurant
100 E Chestnut St
Chicago, IL 60611-6036
Phone: (312) 587-8989
Fax: (312) 587-8980

[Tacis]

Well, I guess I was wrong. All this time, I've been saying that these idiot smoke nazis were so enslaved by their addiction that they didn't care who they poisoned or offended.

Now, they come up with this persuasive, scientific proof. If Ditka says it's OK, that is as close to proof as these idiots are going to get.

He runs a public place and if I am in it, I don't want to be forced to suffer the by-product of some other customer's personal weakness or stupidity. Whether that customer is playing a radio at max volume, burning strong incense, burning tire chunks or burning tobacco, he does not have the right to take my freedom.

The smoke nazis refuse to recognize how annoying their addiction is and their name calling isn't going to change that. They claim that since they got there first, they can burn what they want. That's facist thinking. But, they have an authority like Ditka backing them and they know how important that is.

As you drive around Chicago, please be kind to the little groups of people huddled outside buildings, off to the side. That is the smokers' ghetto, where poor people, too weak to over come their terrible addiction, go to smoke and talk about the fine support they're getting from Ditka. Freeze your a** off, you stupid smoker!

[TheSpottedOwl]

Reminded that smoking has been banned for years in California restaurants and bars, Ditka said: "That's fruits and nuts. That's what they are. A lot of liberals. . .. All the do-gooders in the world. The people in California who abolished smoking are the same people who want to legalize marijuana. Come on. Give me a break."

Hahahhaahaaa, Ditka not only kicks ass, he makes sense!

[GhostofWCooper]

Ditka's right. Some years ago the socialists (commies) at the World Health Organization did a long-term study trying to find evidence of the negative health effects of second-hand smoke. When no such evidence was found the report was completely suppressed. It was in the news for a day or so, then gone forever.

If second-hand smoke viciously killed non smokers, smokers lives would be very short indeed.

Billions of dollars in tax money were earned from the big lie. Now fatty foods are in the cross-hairs.

[Dimensio]

Secondhand smoke "might make your hair smell," but it's not a proven health risk, Bears-coach-turned-restaurant-owner Mike Ditka said Thursday, leading the charge against a proposed restaurant smoking ban in Chicago.

While I'm personally of the 'if you don't like the smoke, don't patronize the place' mentality, this is a rather shoddy argument. What are Ditka's credentials? Where is his research?

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[MadelineZapeezda]

Same hometown Bump as Ditka. Aliquippa, Pa is no longer sooty....all mills have shut down.

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[Deadeye Division]

http://www.mikeditkaschicago.com/

[BenR2]

Let the market-place decide.

As a non-cigarette smoker, I routinely choose the "smoking" section: less patrons, better and quicker service.

[xm177e2]

My grandmother died of cancer most likely acquired from exposure to secondhand smoke.

Ditka is an ass if he thinks his opinion has any scientific weight.

I'm against these far-reaching bans on smoking, but let's not pretend they're anything other than cancer sticks.

[Dengar01]

Bump for Da Coach!

We still love him here in Chicago.

[OXENinFLA]

COACH!!!!!

[votelife]

guess who might be Illinois' new Senator!

Go Ditka!