NC Smoking Ban. Good or bad?

hey what's wrong with a little Captain:jester:

 

It's a GREAT THING !!! I don't care if someone smokes 10 packs of cigarettes a day as long as I'm not forced to breath it in also. No one is trying to take away anyone's right to smoke, they are just trying to protect people who do not want to smoke.

 

In seabee I fear a dangerous combination...:mrgreen:

 

So who wants to give the financial backing to open a private club at 40/42, pretty much guarantee they will make a killing.

 

Wasn't that technically what ODS was?

 

was is right, but with the new people there i have no idea how they will handle it. Hey Chops would make a great place for a private club.

 

I am using this quote simply to assist in my input. The words "the chipping sound of your rights being sliced away...." are interesting beacause I think the issue is Who;s rights are being chipped away? If we do ban smoking them the smokers rights are chipped away but if it is not banned then the rights of thise who do not smoke nor wish to be exposed to a deadly second hand smoke have thier rights chipped away.

 

I think it's should be up to the business owner. I don't smoke anymore, but as long as it's not too thick (like the last time I went to The Barmuda Triangle) it doesn't bother me. If you don't like it, don't patronize clubs that allow it. Maybe just a sign outside that says "We permit smoking on premises" and if you don't like it, don't go in.


Mike

 

Business wise....or in one's health?:lol:

 

incorrect.....this isnt about the rights of the patrons....this is about the rights of the business owners being told how and with whom they may conduct business.

 

Ok smartie, seriously moneywise and business wise unless one of the other local establishments decides to go private. Just go look at the bar area of either CDH or Clubhouse on any given nite and the majority are smokers, would love to have the capital to open a place to accomodate those people.

 

Businesses already are, and have been for years. They can't discriminate (ask Denny's and Cracker Barrel), they must maintain state health/sanitation codes (too many restaurants that WRAL report about with low grades) and they must maintain safe operations (building codes, etc).

I would be the fist to protest when they tell you you can't smoke on your own property, or in your home. (I would argue with you that you shoudln;t subject your children to 2nd hand smoke). This is about regulating private conduct in a public place.

 

I don't draw a parallel between serving safe food and smoke. You expect the food to meet the highest safety standards, but you should be able to choose your atmospheric (for lack of a better word) conditions as there is a market for both smoke and nonsmoke options.

 

Well, you just proved how insanely stupid you are. Congrats!

I take you never read or listen to the news. Based on your smug replies to everything, I would say no. You simply spew out things before you ever have any facts to back them up.

And where is YOUR experience, moron?

 

No, they are trying to tell the owners of the restaurants and bars how to run their businesses. Government needs to take their noses out of it. It is a PRIVATE business. They can ban it anywhere else they want to that they have control just keep they dirty hands out of the PRIVATE business world.

That won't happen as long as demoncrats are in office.

 

:iagree:

 

I suppose it is insane and stupid to ask you a question with the expectation of a rational answer or even an answer.

Wrong. Where does the news state the smokers will not frequent anypalce where they cannot smoke? I suppose it would have been a poll, correct?

"Smug" replies cannot be based on news reports? You really make no sense.

I know you do, but I am asking for your facts instead of your assumptions. You know, like links to that poll that says smokers will not frequent any place in which they cannot smoke.

I have no experience with "knee-jerk decisions based on mis-information or emotions" other than second hand in reading the post you and some others here provide. I have not put anything out of business, other than my competition and that is not the same thing is it?

 

May not make it right with some of you but North Carolina is just another state that is taking such action. Other states will follow. I am not a smoker and was in favor of this legislation mainly to protect our precious children from second hand smoke in restaurants and public places.
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"Beer and cigarettes go together like cows and hay in hard-partying Wisconsin. North Carolina is the top U.S. tobacco-growing state.

Yet bars and restaurants in boh states are poised to go smoke-free after their state Legislatures passed bans Wednesday. Both North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue and Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle have said they support the measures.

Twenty-two U.S. states and the District of Columbia have prohibited smoking in bars and restaurants since New York City passed its landmark ban in 2003. Four more states - Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Virginia - will do so by the end of the year. Florid, Idaho and Nevada ban smoking in restaurants, but not bars."

 

^^And Whiney lets the drool dribble down his chin one more time............

You really are a piece of work, Whiney. It's a wonder how you even live with yourself. How do you get that ego through the door each day?

 

Quit P mafia, Quit already...