Smoking in Restaurants

[Dregg]

Originally Posted by zoran

....................But one thing to consider is the fact that since our government pays for our health care, I think they have a right to dictate a no smoking ban where they wish. We have doctors who will refuse to treat patients who continue to smoke after one warning, we have a doctor shortage and they prefer treating patients that want to help themselves stay healthy.
We are now in the process of banning smoking in homes or cars if you have children ...or you chance losing your children.

The Gov't pays for your health care? You must be retired and on medicare/medicaid. I pay for my own medical and I don't need the Gov't telling me what I can or can't do. Also, since when do doctors prefer treating non smokers over smokers? You have some sort of stat/survey to back that up? Hell, I would think smokers give them better business !
Now you want to ban smoking to save the children? Guess it's the same people that banned "spanking".....no wonder kids today lack any kind of respect for elders and people of "authority".

BTW, i'm a non smoker (never smoked) and think the habit is quite disgusting. I don't agree with all the hoopla about smokers however. If you want to kill yourself with cancer, by all means, knock yourself out. I just think setting regulations is rediculous. If I don't like the smoke, I simply stay away from those type of enviorments. There's no need for all these silly laws.

[Callin]

It is great that gov became ban smoking in restourants. There is a chance that next generation will be more healthy.

[Peter B]

Some parts of the country only HAVE restaurants that allow smoking. It's not so easy to just "stay away" from them. These "silly laws" are needed because many business owners lack the common sense and intelligence to realize that a non smoking atmosphere is actually healthy and will attract MORE customers. The smokers are basically slobs anyway, throwing their butts out in the street and out of their car windows. I would not want to target my business towards them

Originally Posted by Dregg

The Gov't pays for your health care? You must be retired and on medicare/medicaid. I pay for my own medical and I don't need the Gov't telling me what I can or can't do. Also, since when do doctors prefer treating non smokers over smokers? You have some sort of stat/survey to back that up? Hell, I would think smokers give them better business !
Now you want to ban smoking to save the children? Guess it's the same people that banned "spanking".....no wonder kids today lack any kind of respect for elders and people of "authority".

BTW, i'm a non smoker (never smoked) and think the habit is quite disgusting. I don't agree with all the hoopla about smokers however. If you want to kill yourself with cancer, by all means, knock yourself out. I just think setting regulations is rediculous. If I don't like the smoke, I simply stay away from those type of enviorments. There's no need for all these silly laws.

[dlk33]

I'm not going to get into the middle of what the government should/shouldn't have a right to do regarding smoking in public, but what I am going to do is state that coming from a city that has banned smoking, looking for a retirement spot that hasn't, does make a difference to me! Once you've gotten used to living somewhere that has a smoking ban, it's appreciated, at least by me! Visited one relocation possibility in Ky. that didn't have a smoking ban, then Greenville(one that does). I came to appreciate that as an example in GV, I could go bowling w/o the concern of smelling the stinky smoke, where I wouldn't be able to in that city in Ky. There was no option to choose a different bowling establishment to bowl at. So, my choices would be... don't bowl, or bowl & put up with the smoke. I don't really consider that reasonable options.
So, GV does get the nod for the no smoking ban in their city. Now, I guess I should also consider the surrounding cities situation regarding smoking. However, at least I do have the option of doing my business in GV rather then the surrounding cities, if I were to move there.
If GV has gone smoke free, it just seems to make sense that the surrounding cities would also. Maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part