Why should the Government Have a Say?

Even if I didn't smoke, I'd be against the bans. As long it is an establishment that you have to be 18 to enter, it should be up to the owner/proprietor. If the demand for non-smoking establishments is that high, then they shouldn't have a problem with lost business.

And if I say any more, it would get political. LOL

Why should the Government Have a Say? Because a certain few people in power don't believe people should smoke. How those certain few people got in power, I don't know. But im sure they don't want people doing a lot of things.

[Sauer Grapes]

Originally Posted by Wanger

Even if I didn't smoke, I'd be against the bans. As long it is an establishment that you have to be 18 to enter, it should be up to the owner/proprietor. If the demand for non-smoking establishments is that high, then they shouldn't have a problem with lost business.

And if I say any more, it would get political. LOL

A lot of people say this isn't the case... however, where I live just had a smoking ban start and it didn't have a noticeable effect anywhere I've been because most restaurants and bars were already non smoking. The free market really will provide non smoking options and plenty of them without the government forcing the issue with bans.

Anti-smoking laws are nothing new. The Ottoman Empire attempted a smoking ban in the early 17th century, 400 years later the war against evil tobacco rages on.

[Sauer Grapes]

Originally Posted by Demented

Anti-smoking laws are nothing new. The Ottoman Empire attempted a smoking ban in the early 17th century, 400 years later the war against evil tobacco rages on.

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

[TripleF]

It is truly sad, but what's sadder is we do nothing except complain about our government instead of oppose and fight them, niot that we would win............myself included.


Kinda reminds me of why our forefathers left Europe.....

Originally Posted by Sauer Grapes

No doubt because of the fire danger cigarettes posed to their footrests and couches.

If you smoked in the early 17th c. you smoked a pipe.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Demented

If you smoked in the early 17th c. you smoked a pipe.

Personally, I did not.

Originally Posted by Wanger

If the demand for non-smoking establishments is that high, then they shouldn't have a problem with lost business.

Amen! Let's have a little more "free" in our free market economy!