Are the bowling alleys in your town smoke-free?

Question

I bowl in one smoke-free bowling alley and one smoking bowling alley.

Answer 1

In NY it is illegal to smoke indoors on public property... This includes bowling alleys, restaurants, bars, etc. Before this law, you'd walk into my bowling alley and its like breathing in an ashtray, it was nasty, but I loved bowling, and dealt with it. Now I can bowl and breath!!!!

Only downside now is with all the smokers on my league now having to go outside between games to fulfill their habit, it takes longer to bowl... We average about a half hour later now.

However, though I am as you might have guessed by now a non-smoker, and I am for this law, I think there could be compromises. I don't feel that when you had restaurants with smoking and non-smoking that it was ever a problem... As long as people have their designated area where the rest of us arent forced upon breathing their polluted air, then I'm okay with it. As for the bowling alley, you cant really have smoking/non-smoking lanes or anything, cuz if your on a league and you dont smoke but are bowling against someone who is, then it won't work... You'd have to have smoking and non-smoking leagues!!! But I feel a fair compromise for that would be to at least allow smoking in the bar area, which is separated from the lanes, but then of course every time I wanted to get a drink, I'd have to breath it, but still I'm only getting my drink and going back to my lane, I'm not staying in the bar, so I could sacrifice it... I think a part of the law also is to protect the health of the workers. But I think there are enough people that smoke anyway, that wouldnt mind working those designated smoking areas, as long as non-smokers arent forced to work in that area.

The problem with this law is that businesses such as bars and nightclubs etc. are losing business... I think if they just thought of some compromises such as the one above, everyone would be happy. However, if they're going to allow an all or nothing deal, then I'm for the nothing, like it is now...

And to the poster who said she was discriminated against cuz she smoked, that is ridiculous. Smoking is a dirty habit, that is only harming your health as well as those around you. I'm not trying to be rude, but it is true. Maybe take these laws and use them as an incentive to quit. Those laws were made to protect the general public's health. Nobody should force their habit onto me, and its been proved, that 2nd hand smoke is just as harmful as smoking itself. If anything before those laws, we were getting discriminated against for not smoking. We were forced to breath your polluted air everytime I went to the bowling alley. I'm willing to make compromises such as the ones above, but there is no way I should be forced to breath that air, just to enjoy a hobby of mine. That's where I draw the line. I feel I have a right to breath in clean air, and nothing should take that away.

Answer 2

As of July 1st, 2006 it became a Colorado state law that all public establishments become smoke free. If a smoker were to go outside to smoke, they have to stand 15 feet away from the door.

Answer 3

there is only one bowling alley and it is smoke free most everything is anymore

Answer 4

Absolutely smoke free. It's about time!

Answer 5

Everything in my town is smoke-free.

Answer 6

everything in our town is smoke free.

Answer 7

NO- THANK GOODNESS, not as yet, but they are trying, Louisville, is almost smoke free now

Answer 8

all public businesses are smoke-free here

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

No and if they were, I would never go there again. I am so sick of being discriminated against because I am smoker.