Smoking ban in Nevada... (to buy, live in, legal)

[sheriff]

Originally Posted by Chinga

Terribles is losing money because the gas station slot routes are enforcing the law.. everywhere else isn't.

Bar and grill type places.. some restaurants in casinos, those are the ones ignoring it.

Its harder in the gas stations.. too much traffic and too visible.

The vast majority of bars and taverns in LV do not own the slots in their businesses, and hold no gaming license. Most are on a split with a route operator who holds a gaming license and provides slots, maintenance, etc. The route operator, and license holder, such as Terribles, United, etc, stand to lose much more by non-compliance. In my opinion, Terribles has become a victim of their own standards of compliance----EVERY Terribles location will demand ID for any purchase of tobacco or alcohol----regardless of customers age.

[sheriff]

ReviewJournal.com - Business - INSIDE GAMING: United Coin taking steps to not go up in smoke

[kimba01]

MI could not pass the law. Too many disgruntled laid off smokers I guess. Hehe.

[geos]

Originally Posted by swagger

You have all been duped by the anti-smoking industry, and no doubt the majority of you will allow it to continue just because you think cigarettes are "stinky".

I can't wait for the day that they come after you for one of your legal lifestyle choices...

Anti-smoking "industry"???? What industry???? How many billions does it make compared to oh, say the tobacco industry? It's not an industry, it's a movement of people sick of being forced to inhale concentrated toxins that others thoughtlessly put into their airstream.

Yes, there are toxins everywhere, that's no justification for adding more, just the opposite.

[kimba01]

Forget your personal opinion and look at the big picture. Government control. They are just sugarcoating the non smokers into thinking they care about their health. They do not. They would shut down the tobacco industry and then they would not have to worry about bans, would they? They, and everyone else, would have to worry how to make up for the lost tax revenue that smokers create. Just think how big the ripple effect would be--we would lose billions, from the tobacco industry and all it employs, to the drs that take care of all those ill from the effects of it, to your little Susie who just became a medical asst and cannot find a job anymore, to the medical supply co. that won't need to sell certain supplies for all those cancer patients, major losses in pharmacy...list goes on and on.

You really think the government cares?

And you pat the government on the back for throwing in a little ban? Don't kid yourself, it is not for you or your children.

[Chinga]

Originally Posted by jwaters943

Like it or not smokers, your dirty habit negatively effects others. Look for more states to follow suit. In fact, in the next 5-10 years I bet the majority of states will have laws similar to this. You can boycot all you want, but unless you're planning on living an isolated existence, I bet you'll all cave in and just smoke outside, at home or in your car. I'm still amazed at how defensive smokers get over this. You're right to kill yourself does not supercede everyone elses right to breath clean air.

Like it or not Nico Nazis, but we will still smoke in bathrooms, and where we are allowed to get away with it.

We will lie, cheat, and steal to get our ciggs

We will not go outside to smoke (I dont go outside now.. I just use a restroom to smoke)

Nope.. you have no right to be in places where people smoke. You dont like it? Tough.. this is Nevada.. not Kalifornistan.

[Chinga]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Actually easier in the gas stations. But the money is in the bars not the gas stations.

There is scattered resistance. But mostly it is holding.

As time goes on it will hold better and better.

Actually its not holding at all in Rural Nevada.

Just in Clark county.

Take a trip around Nevada and look at how many ashtray are out where they are not supposed to be.

There is more to Nevada then Las Vegas.

[Allandi]

Stay put, we freedom lovers will move in and vote to repeal it!

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Allandi

Stay put, we freedom lovers will move in and vote to repeal it!

You delusional? The arrivals in NV come from CA and the midwest. The only likely change is more teeth. And the propensity of a number of violators to be obvious about it just increases the liklihood of that happening .

[desertsun41]

Originally Posted by Chinga

Like it or not Nico Nazis, but we will still smoke in bathrooms, and where we are allowed to get away with it.

We will lie, cheat, and steal to get our ciggs

We will not go outside to smoke (I dont go outside now.. I just use a restroom to smoke)

Nope.. you have no right to be in places where people smoke. You dont like it? Tough.. this is Nevada.. not Kalifornistan.

Geez you sound kinda ummmmm.....

ADDICTED ?

It is so sad that a silly disgusting thing like a cancer stick can control you so hard.

How should your family describe your cause of death?
Was it suicide, murder, an accident or stupidity?

How about:
Death by Smoking?

You may want to attempt to explain it your family now. It might make a needless death, and their coming belief that you loved one chemical more than them. It is easier to accept once you're gone. Which cigarette in which pack will contain the irritant that gives birth to that first cancerous cell, to the first diseased cell, or that pulls the death's trigger in producing a massive stroke or heart attack?

Soon when Clark County figures out how to enforce a law that they enacted, they will put some teeth into enforcing it. And do you think people will have any problem ratting on you sneaking smoke in the bathroom? Your days are numbered.