Please. The exit is due north. However, you'll probably find our Canadian neighbors are even less tolerant of your fumes than U.S. citizens.Originally posted by: m316foley
This is absolutely outrageous. If they ever ban smoking in my state to this extent, then I WILL go to canada.
It appears you're also reading impared, or at least, you didn't read my previous post directly refuting the same false assertion by previously posted by BlancoNino[/i]. I'll save the wear and tear on your "Back" button by reposting it, here.It's not like we're not polluting the air as it is with factories and cars. Wow, now pick on the cigarette smokers. Take smoking away from any bar I go to, yes, they WILL lose business.
It's hardly outrageous, and according to The American Lung Association, your basic assumption that these laws harm businesses is just dead ass wrong. See their conclusion starting on page 7:
If you disagree, you can start with their list of references. Get back to us when you've got anything to refute them:The Debate Is Over
Legislators need to be made aware that there is no longer any need to argue about the economic impact of smokefree air laws. The only economic issue left in the debate is the influence tobacco industry lobbyists and their front groups have in the halls of state capitals. This influence is eroding as more evidence surfaces regarding smokefree ordinances that have been in place for years. Even some restaurant and bar associations are beginning to take notice and have changed their stance to neutral on the issue, including groups in California and Florida. The New York State Restaurant Association actively supported passage of New York state?s smokefree air law in 2003.
We also are seeing a positive ?domino effect? in smokefree air laws at both the state and local level. Seven states have passed laws prohibiting smoking in restaurants and/or bars in the past two years. Georgia came close to passing a statewide law prohibiting smoking in most workplaces and restaurants in 2004. Cities such as Columbus, OH, Lawrence, KS, Lincoln, NE, and Minneapolis, MN have enacted smokefree ordinances in 2004 as well. These are encouraging trends, but we shouldn?t lose sight of the fact that it doesn?t matter what neighbors are doing. Whether the jurisdiction is a small suburb or a large state where most of the population lives hours from the border, smokefree air laws simply don?t have a negative economic impact.
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