[Robyn55]

Originally Posted by mateo384

It will never happen in open-air restaurants.

We have many restaurants with patios here that don't allow smoking on the patios (they can allow smoking - but they're not required to). Robyn

[canadian citizen]

Here in Ontario the law is very simple......... No smoking in ANY work place. That covers offices, bars, schools, police stations, and any place where some body WORKS. No exceptions.

Obviously, it is a Province wide ban, that covers every part of the second largest Province in Canada. And, the same or similar laws are in force right across Canada. As a result smoking in Canada is socially unacceptable now. Only about 12 percent of our citizens smoke tobacco, and that figure is dropping every year. Many Doctors here won`t accept new patients who smoke.

This law avoids the stupid arguments about..... Can I smoke on the patio at the local bar. Is somebody working out there........... Yes, the waiters and the bouncers, then no you can`t smoke there.

I hate to say it, but Florida sure seems to be a backward society.

Jim B


Toronto.

[Robyn55]

Originally Posted by canadian citizen

Here in Ontario the law is very simple......... No smoking in ANY work place. That covers offices, bars, schools, police stations, and any place where some body WORKS. No exceptions.

Obviously, it is a Province wide ban, that covers every part of the second largest Province in Canada. And, the same or similar laws are in force right across Canada. As a result smoking in Canada is socially unacceptable now. Only about 12 percent of our citizens smoke tobacco, and that figure is dropping every year. Many Doctors here won`t accept new patients who smoke.

This law avoids the stupid arguments about..... Can I smoke on the patio at the local bar. Is somebody working out there........... Yes, the waiters and the bouncers, then no you can`t smoke there.

I hate to say it, but Florida sure seems to be a backward society.

Jim B


Toronto.

Gosh - I was in Toronto last month. Stayed at the Park Hyatt. Just about everyone was smoking on the roof bar at that hotel (people would leave indoor functions to order a drink and smoke a cigarette). It seems your laws are similar to ours here (because I don't think the Park Hyatt would be doing anything illegal).

So get off your high horse. Robyn

[boxus]

Originally Posted by canadian citizen

I hate to say it, but Florida sure seems to be a backward society.

Jim B


Toronto.

So you are saying; up until the point smoking was banned in Ontario, Ontario was a backwards place?

[ssg II]

Originally Posted by chopchop0

Dumbest comment by far in this thread....

Secondhand Smoke Kills 42,000 Nonsmokers a Year in US | LiveScience

Please read the entire article. The editor didn't even catch the misspelling of "data" and the writer contradicts himself.

I don't advocate smoking. But how many of our moms smoked and drank while pregnant at their bridge parties and here we are, baby boomers...living longer than any generation. Must be due to modern science, huh?

And health care in the US is far removed from health care in Canada, eh?

What is wrong with you people? You want to ban dogs, kids, smokers, republicans, democrats and anyone from every place you think is "yours." Every establishment you frequent has the right to deny service to you if you throw a fit while objecting to something that's not suitable to you, which most of you radicals do.

You don't want to be in a bar that allows smoking, don't go there. It's pretty simple.

[OrlFlaUsa]

Originally Posted by canadian citizen

Here in Ontario the law is very simple......... No smoking in ANY work place. That covers offices, bars, schools, police stations, and any place where some body WORKS. No exceptions.

Obviously, it is a Province wide ban, that covers every part of the second largest Province in Canada. And, the same or similar laws are in force right across Canada. As a result smoking in Canada is socially unacceptable now. Only about 12 percent of our citizens smoke tobacco, and that figure is dropping every year. Many Doctors here won`t accept new patients who smoke.

This law avoids the stupid arguments about..... Can I smoke on the patio at the local bar. Is somebody working out there........... Yes, the waiters and the bouncers, then no you can`t smoke there.

I hate to say it, but Florida sure seems to be a backward society.

Jim B


Toronto.

Thank god this is not Ontario.

[Robyn55]

Originally Posted by canadian citizen

Here in Ontario the law is very simple......... No smoking in ANY work place. That covers offices, bars, schools, police stations, and any place where some body WORKS. No exceptions.

Obviously, it is a Province wide ban, that covers every part of the second largest Province in Canada. And, the same or similar laws are in force right across Canada. As a result smoking in Canada is socially unacceptable now. Only about 12 percent of our citizens smoke tobacco, and that figure is dropping every year. Many Doctors here won`t accept new patients who smoke.

This law avoids the stupid arguments about..... Can I smoke on the patio at the local bar. Is somebody working out there........... Yes, the waiters and the bouncers, then no you can`t smoke there.

I hate to say it, but Florida sure seems to be a backward society.

Jim B


Toronto.

I actually looked up the Ontario law - and it's very similar to the law in Florida. It

[p]rohibit[s] smoking on patios that have food and beverage service if they are either partially or completely covered by a roof...

SFO Legislation: The Act in Brief

Robyn

[cfbs2691]

Originally Posted by ssg II

What is wrong with you people? You want to ban dogs, kids, smokers, republicans, democrats and anyone from every place you think is "yours."

You don't want to be in a bar that allows smoking, don't go there. It's pretty simple.

Well said

[chopchop0]

Originally Posted by ssg II

Please read the entire article. The editor didn't even catch the misspelling of "data" and the writer contradicts himself.

I don't advocate smoking. But how many of our moms smoked and drank while pregnant at their bridge parties and here we are, baby boomers...living longer than any generation. Must be due to modern science, huh?

And health care in the US is far removed from health care in Canada, eh?

What is wrong with you people? You want to ban dogs, kids, smokers, republicans, democrats and anyone from every place you think is "yours." Every establishment you frequent has the right to deny service to you if you throw a fit while objecting to something that's not suitable to you, which most of you radicals do.

You don't want to be in a bar that allows smoking, don't go there. It's pretty simple.

That same modern science tells you being exposed to second hand smoke promotes cancer and breathing problems. Selectively believing in modern science?

[OrlFlaUsa]

Wait a minute. I go to a bar to literally poison myself with a serious drug that kills thousands every year and people are griping about smoking?? Really what has this world come to. It's not like we're suggesting that teachers should be able to light up while teaching your kids...or should they.