FULLY non-smoking restaurants around NEPA? (law, health, job)

[jar546]

AJ's Soda Club (bar restaurant) in the Peckville area. Great food, no smoking.

[JCannon]

A post earlier for the Harbour House, It is full non smoking and the meals there are very good. Its more of a little diner then a resteraunt but very good. I eat lunch there after the auto auction on Tuesdays.

[ecam222]

This is great! Thanks for the suggestions. I'm happy to learn that there are some I can check out!

[memoriesbre]

Florida also has no smoking now. Wow, Florida is ahead of PA, that's a hoot.
The Chinese restaurant on Rt. 6 just outside Tunkhannock is also non-smoking. It's the one near the Salvation Army Store and Thomas' Foodtown. The food is really good too!

[ecam222]

Florida now? Good to know! Thanks.

[rockky]

Robert Christian's on Rt. 940 between Blakeslee and Pocono Lake went totally smoke free a couple of months ago.

[History_Buff]

If I may make a suggestion to those that are for the ban, I suggest you look at the state financials for states that do now have the bans.

The state financials usually run at six months behind and are on line. You are in for a shock with loss if you know how to read them. FURTHER, check with various government agencies for businesses that have gone bankrupt or closed after a ban was put into place. ... I assume you will believe the state governments own figures for those states.

The bans KILL business, put people on food stamps, causes lost homes and a lot more as the decline in sales filters down to other businesses (example: band memebers, supply houses, distributors) and takes away from state revenues other than for just sales tax.

Those that want bans for their own 'likes' or 'dislikes' need to research where bans come from - that is WHO pays for them! Do you think they just happen magically out of no where and for free? Doesn't it seem odd that they are all the same with the legal language?

Bans are bought thru grants by big business with an agenda and they are not spending that amount of money to go broke! The industry that BUYS smoking bans also sells all the no-smoke products. ... You will ALSO find that all the negative research concerning smoking for the last 30+ years has been paid for by the same foundation that 'buys' smoking bans. And, politicians LOVE bonus checks too!

Further: This country was built on Freedom. Each ban for anything is a step to kill it. For those that like to control others, may I suggest they move back to their ancestoral homeland/s.

It has already been announced by the 'same' foundation that the 'Official Alcohol Ban' will begin now that many smoking venues are closed. What will be after that? Read thru what is known and you'll also be very worried about your medical records.

What & who is behind the bans, along with WHY.
Follow the page links.
[URL="http://cleanairquality.blogspot.com"]Clearing The Air[/URL]
[URL="http://www.forces.org"]The FORCES International Liberty News Network[/URL]

Free Choice, Free Enterprise and signs is a wonderful invention.
It is one thing still PARTLY left that was built in the USA.

[History_Buff]

SMOKING BANS - FACT SHEET

Of the 123 second hand smoke studies (64 spousal, 25 work, 9 social, 25 children), only 16 showed a measurable positive risk. That’s 13% of the studies.

The ACS touts that 53,000 people die each year from second hand smoke. But they cannot produce their names…because they don’t have them.

Smoking bans were started by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 1992, through their “SmokeLess States” later called “RWJF Tobacco Control Policies”.

The RWJF has funded, to date, $446,000,000 for smoking bans. $99,000,000 was paid “in grants” to the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association and the American Medical Association to BUY smoking bans nationwide.

The RWJF created and funded Tobacco-Free Kids @ $70,000,000 since 1996, which they use to lobby for tobacco control policies nationwide through “grants”.

The RWJF created and funded American Non-Smokers Rights to the tune of $5,196,802 so far through “grants”.

The RWJF paid the ACS just under $1,000,000 to push nicotine replacement therapies, smoking cessation products and programs through a “grant”.

The RWJF paid the ACS $71,000 to lobby Medicaid to pay for NRT through a “grant”.

The RWJF IS Johnson and Johnson.

The RWJF owns 60,000,000 shares (after sell off) of J&J stock which was at $64 per share worth $4,096,000,000.

J&J uses their political wing, the RWJF to fund the smoking ban movement in order to implement a government mandated use of their product.

J&J Company’s subsidiaries' Nicoderm, Nicoderm CQ and Nicorette sales have SOARED while our businesses are closing.

One Million Boxes of Over-the-Counter Smoking Cessation Products Sold in January 2008.

J&J Co, who bought Pfizer OTC in 2006 @ $16.6 million dollars to get Nicorette promised a per share gain by 2009.

J&J has paid $24,980,000 in lobbying expenses from 2003-2007.

In fact, the pharmaceutical industry as a whole has paid $1,051,183,170 to lobby for their drugs and products since 2003.

This nation is a nation of drug takers at the beckoning of the drug companies.
Since 2003, the pharmaceutical companies have made PAC donations” of $20,802,279 to the House of Representatives and $31,416,269 to the Senate.

This is just step one to the RWJF’s plan for total Prohibition. They are using the same footprint for alcohol bans and have already spent half a billion dollars on obesity (guess who owns “Splenda”?).

US Surgeon General Report 2006 was the springboard for all the “hype” with Dr. Carmona’s “no safe exposure” rhetoric. The editor of this report was none other than Stanton Glantz, who has made it his life long goal to eradicate tobacco. He is the Professor of Medicine with the University of California (which has received over $6,000,000 in grants from RWJF). Dr. Glantz is, and was at the time of editing the SG Report, the Director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. Seems like the odds were stacked against SHS in this report. It didn’t stand a fighting chance.

The RWJF even studied and “groomed” Legislators. The grants go on and on, as does the money the RWJF spent on our government.

State Legislators Vary in Their Attitude Toward Tobacco Control:
This project described the processes by which state legislators form their opinions about tobacco use and tobacco control legislation. RWJF - Program Areas - Public Health - State Legislators Vary in Their Attitude Toward Tobacco Control (http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/resources/product.jsp?id=17860&pid=1141&gsa=1 - broken link) Cached 05/31/2000

Legislators Groomed to Become Strong Policy-Makers in Critical Health Issues:
From 1991 to 1996, staff at the Intergovernmental Health Policy Project (IHPP) continued and expanded the services provided by the organization: [url=http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=17834&gsa=1]Legislators Groomed to Become Strong Policy-Makers in Critical Health Issues[/url] Cached 12/01/2001

Bars nationwide are dying at an alarming rate. Ohio is no exception either. In Ohio, Anheuser Busch sales to bars/restaurants is DOWN 7.8%, draft beer DOWN 8.1% while sales to carryouts and drive thrus are UP 1.7%. FACT.
Loss of revenue from bars doesn’t just hurt bars. Sales and Use Taxes are hit hard. The Ohio Bureau of Workers Comp is funded by premiums paid by employers based on their payrolls. When places close their doors, there are less payrolls and less money to fund compensation and worker safety. The unemployment rate in Ohio is at 6%. We’re one of 7 states nationwide at 6% or higher. According to ODJFS News Release dated January 18, 2008, the hospitality industry has lost 2,700 jobs in the last 12 months.

[The Commish]

Marvelous Muggs (Moosic), I believe.

[FightinPhils]

I think they should just ban cigarettes altogether. If they are so harmful that smoking needs to be banned from any public place, then why not just outlaw it? Unfortunately, the answer to that question is that the government doesn't want to give up all that tax revenue from cigarettes. For how much the government claims it wants people to quit smoking when they raise cigarette taxes, they know people are addicted to this stuff and will just pay the higher taxes.

The thing that bugs me about smoking bans is that the government seems on a crusade to end smoking in BARS....yet they will do nothing about children exposed to their parents' smoke in homes and cars. Personally, I would rather see smoking banned anywhere around children. If some old men in a corner bar are smoking, who cares?

Although I still do support smoking bans, since anything that inches smoking closer to extinction is OK with me.

I think they should just outlaw cigarettes. They are cancerous....loaded with carcinogens that nobody should purposely inhale and spew into the air. Smoking is always addictive with no positive attributes. At least alcohol can be enjoyed without being addicting and when used in moderation is not detrimental to your health. I can enjoy an occasional beer or two without turning into an alcoholic. If I started smoking, I would get hooked and be a habitual smoker in no time and eventually end up with cancer, heart disease, breathing problems, etc. I used to be a smoker, so I know how addicting it is and how hard it is to quit, even when you want to quit. The government should be taking some of the cigarette tax money and using it for free nicotine patches/lozenges/gum/etc for smokers who want to quit. That's what NYC does with it cigarette tax money.