SMOKING BAn. ANYONE THINK IT'S TOO RESTRICTIVE?

Question

I'M A SMOKER. I AGREE WITH THE NO SMK. WITHIN 20' OF DOOR WAYS. I DON'T LIKE RUNNING INTO THAT WALL OF SMOKE EITHER. BUT BARS, AIRPORTS, PARKING STRUCTURES (OPEN BUT WITH ROOF) IS REDICULAS!!! NEXT THING YOU KNOW C.P.S. WILL BE TAKING AWAY YOUR CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU SMOKE IN YOUR OWN HOUSE AND IN YOUR CAR

Answer 1

They just passed a law in a city near San Francisco that prohibits smoking anywhere but a totally detached home. If you live in a townhouse or apartment it's against the law to smoke. Next they will be in your home telling you what you can and can't eat. It's effing ridiculous!

Answer 2

Smoking is horrible. But this is a free country and if some one doesn't like the smoke well then hold your breathe. I quit smoking 5 years ago and it was the best thing I have ever done. But they shouldn't ban smoking altogether, they should just create smoking zones, that way people can read the sign and if they don't like it well then stay the hell out of there. If someone wants to smoke that's up to them we all make choices on a daily basis that endanger our lives. Take driving for instance. Work is another big one. I don't like smoke personally but hey that's another persons habit not mine. I don't like the smell of elephant S*** either so I don't live by the zoo. Simple as that just avoid it.

Answer 3

I don't smoke and I don't like to be around smokers when I am eating. There is nothing less appetizing than eating an awesome rack of ribs and then inhaling a wall of smoke, or looking at an ashtray full of ashes and used cigarette butts.

I think if folks could see what the lung looks like that is ridden with the disease of cancer it may just scare them to quit. A cancerous lung is nothing but hardened, petrified tissue. The only thing that can be done when it gets to that point is to cut the lung tissue out that is affected. A lung that has emphasema is equally unable to function properly as it is nothing but ashen soot clogging the tissues of the lungs so that the air can not flow properly in the lungs. Thus this causes low oxygen levels in the blood and most folks that suffer from emphasema need to be on oxygen for the rest of their lives because they have damaged the ability to breath on their own.

The skin tissue of smokers suffer too as smoking ages your skin, it discolors teeth and it also discolors the interior of the house that houses a smoker. I lived with three smokers in high school and would have to weekly clean the walls with 409 and the yellow stains would run down the walls leaving streaks of white and yellow on the walls.

SO think about that the next time you wonder if the smoking laws and restrictions are fair.

Answer 4

Yes, it too restrictive. But not in the way you put it.

While I agree that smoking should be banned in places you have to go, Court, Jail, DMV, or is owned by the public, Library, etc. then they should be non-smoking. But private business should be exempt. Because I believe that this is a voilation of the Fifth Amendment, when a law is passed that would require private business to be non-smoking. Here they take private property rights away and force him or her to run their business a certain way. I say the 5th because they are taking away something of value; their right to run their business a certain way and letting the public decide how it should be done in doing so they are taking their property for public use and not giving them just compensation.

Imagine if the owner had decided to make his business non-smoking, yet the government forced him to have a smoking section. Would they pay for the damage the smoker's cause? Cover losses when his non-smokers refused to go to his business? And if enough non-smokers stay way and he goes bankrupt would they pay his debts? I don't think so.

Now if a business decided to have smoking and is willing to pay for the damage to their business, carpets, cleaning etc, why shouldn't they? Then if people don't come and they go bankrupt, then it’s because of their own decision. Same thing if the business was non-smoking.

Now the non-smoking crowd is saying that you should have a smoke free work place. What if I don't want one? I looked around and guess what no-body here had a gun to their head and was being forced to work here, if you work in a business and they allow smoking and you don't like if find a different job. Don't say it the only job out there, just look at the unemployment rate.

Ok I'm starting to go off on a rant here, and I think I made my point, for the record I don't smoke and don't like it. I think it's a silly waste of money, but you want too, go ahead light up.

Answer 5

Here in Colorado, a couple who OWN their condo have been banned from smoking in it...thse people don't have kids at home. The judge ruled that even though there was no evidence smoke was going into another unit, one resident in the 4-plex shouldn't have to put up with the annoyance. This ruling is not just about smoking-if someone doesn't like the smell of salmon or your spaghetti, you'd have to quit cooking it!

Answer 6

As a non smoker I applaud the ban. Why should I have to subjected to your cancer sticks? I didn't choose to smoke nor do I want to inhale your smoke. I feel smokers made the choice to pick up this disgusting habit and smokers should be considerate of the people who don't want to be around it. I also find it repulsive that someone would even consider smoking around innocent children whether it's in your own home or not.

Answer 7

I do not have a problem with smoking being banned in public buildings and within 20 feet of entrances. I do have a problem with the government dictating rules for private business based on a legal activity. If a business wants to allow smoking it should be their right to choose. If as consumers we choose not to frequent such an establishment that is our right. If a business loses enough money because of their choices they will change their policy. Lastly, I have a huge problem with the holier than thou attitude of non smokers, you are not guaranteed a right not to have to deal with smoke in a private establishment and your rights do not outweigh the rights of smokers any more than their rights outweigh yours.

See what I mean about holier than thou. Don't inconvience me. If I want to go somewhere smokers should be controlled and banned so I don't have to smell it or experience it. Damn those nasty smoker's rights so long as I am not put out by their behavior.

I don't drink, so maybe I should lead a charge to ban drinking in all bars and restuarants. After all I hate the smell and I could definitely die from secondhand drinking (drunk drivers) faster than anyone is going to die from secondhand smoking.

The thing people don't get about these arguments is once one type of legal behavior is effectively controlled with legislation what is too stop them from attacking other legal behaviors some people don't like. Government intervention is almost always a bad thing.

Answer 8

as a non smoker WIth asthma i don't. i would like to go to bars but can't airports those little rooms the smoke comes out. And if you have kids i don't think you should be smoking in the car or in the house.

Answer 9

I have yet to find a single person that has been forced to patronize or work for a business that allows smoking.

If you do not want to breath second hand smoke do not patronize places that allow smoking.

Non smokers do not have a right to tell a privately owned business whether they can allow smoking or not.

I can understand banning it in public buildings such as court houses, airports and such due to the fact that all people have to do business there.

Answer 10

When Florida propose to ban smoking, I voted "for it" and I am a smoker. I never smoked in my home or car when my children were present.
Children, especially infants don't have a voice to say... "please don't smoke." We as the adults have to do it. It would really bother me to go into a public place and see newborns laying in their carrier in a room full of smoke. There's nothing fair about that. As adults, we can refrain from smoking for an hour while we go out to eat, shop, etc etc...
Every pun intented here,,, it won't kill us!