do u think resturaunts should become smoke-free???

Question

i think they all should become smoke free

Answer 1

yeah, a lot of people enjoy eating without inhaling second hand smoke from the smoking section three feet away. if you really need to smoke, which is a bad habit, then you should go outside. if restaraunts eliminate smoking inside, that could actually bring down the number of smokers. the number of lives saved.

Answer 2

Yes I do and here are some reasons a restaurant should make it smokefree:

Many non-smokers are offended by the second-hand smoke in the restaurant and don't say anything, they just don't come back.

Secondhand smoke is a health hazard. It causes heart disease and lung cancer and kills more than 50,000 Americans every year.

Restaurants are often smokier than other places -- two to five times smokier than the typical workplace, even six times as polluted as a busy highway. Restaurant employees - often young people and people without health insurance - have much higher rates of lung cancer and heart disease than employees in other workplaces.

Smokefree dining is popular. Studies by the National Restaurant Association, the Gallup Poll, and Zagot Surveys show that most americans were perfer all the restaurants smokefree.

Smokers accept smokefree policies at work, in other public places, and in restaurants. Smokers can dine without smoking. Nonsmokers can't hold their breath throughout a meal.

Smokefree dining is good for business. Thousands of proprietors have discovered the business benefits. And there's proof:

Nonsmokers spend 2.5 times more than smokers, in a resturant.


A study of every community in the United States with smokefree restaurant ordinances concluded that they "do not adversely affect restaurant sales."
Cut costs. No more cigarette burns. Less cleaning and repainting. Cut air cooling, heating, and ventilation costs. Negotiate lower fire and property insurance.

Reduce problems. Eliminate disputes among customers about smoking. Reservations and seating are simpler. Tables turn over faster when there's no lingering to smoke cigarettes.

Keep up with the competition. There are several thousand smokefree restaurants in many states now and dozens of smokefree bars. New ones are added at the rate of more than one a day.

Protect yourself from legal liability. The National Restaurant Association has advised members they can be held responsible for employees who develop disease from secondhand smoke. In one case, a nonsmoking waiter was awarded almost $100,000. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), customers can also sue.

Keep up with the law. A dozen states and hundreds of cities and counties have smokefree restaurant and/or bar laws. ex.) New Jersey law requires you to inform patrons about your policy regarding smoking

Smokefree policies mean free publicity. There are free listings on the Internet, and promote smokefree dining in advertising and press releases.

Smokefree policies protect children. Secondhand smoke is very dangerous for children. Young people are more likely to be healthy and free from addiction to nicotine if they grow up in a smokefree world.

Hopefully everyone will notice that smoking restarants are effecting a lot, not just themselves.

Answer 3

As a smoker, I respect all rights for a smoke-free bar or restaurant. BUT the same right should be made for those who do smoke. If someone wanted to open up a business (a bar or restaurant) for those who want to smoke, he should be able to do so without the city or some activist groups thwarting his "evil" plan.

Answer 4

Absolutely. Next I would love bars to become smoke free too but that will probably never happen.

Answer 5

No! Allow the business owner to decide what he or she wants to do. If smoking is such a negative, then non-smokers won't go to those esatblishments that allow it. Let smokers have their place to go and eat and not be bothered by non-smokers

Answer 6

I agree..all of them should b smoke free...cuz if some1 smokes he'll affect all people around him, not just himself....& from what i know, passive smoking is worse than active smoking!!

Answer 7

Yes

Answer 8

Absolutely. Restaurants are places where people actually eat, & smoking there is disgusting & people can get asthma. At least that's what I think. :)

Answer 9

yes. alot of people have ashma or other lung conditions that can't go in their favorite restraunts anymore because the restraunt owner allowed smoking there. Trust me, it's happened.

Answer 10

No i think smoking is repugnant. I think its a terrible habbit and why people are insistant on harming their bodies is beyond me