ALEILEUIA! Smoking ban in NC!

[OSUbride0708]

We have the smoking ban here and I love it. I have pretty bad allergies when it comes to cigarette smoke so I love being able to go out to eat and not worry about having a sore throat, runny nose, itchy eyes all night long.

 

[psr13]

We’ve had the smoking ban in California pretty much since I can remember. I was so young when it started that I don’t remember it before the ban. However, I do know what it is like. Once I step foot into a casino I have a killer headache that takes quite awhile to go away. I also have bad asthma, and smoke is a huge trigger. Even just walking by someone who is smoking outside can cause a problem. I’m with those who compare it to other things. A teenager can drive, but there are restrictions. There are a lot of restrictions with alcohol. You can’t even legally jaywalk. Kids can’t be on anything kid powered without a helmet on. Personally, I would love to see it made illegal, but that will never happen.

 

[TLM08]

All places of employment, restaurants, and bars- I couldn’t be happier!!

Whod’a thunk it? In the land of tobacco- this is great! I was living in MA and really appreciated the ban there and now it is here in my new home.

It’s spreading- soon many more states will benefit from this healthy policy.

Will Texas be next. . . .

Happy Day,
Jeremy

I hate cigarette smoke while I am trying to eat in a restaurant, but smoking policy should be left up to the individual who owns the establishment not the government “health nazis”. They are coming after your fast food next Bucko! Be careful what you wish for.

 

[purplesunshine]

The smoking ban, I think is a good thing in the end. I was in NY when it hit NY and it did affect the bars and restraunts for a while. But then they came out stronger.

I live in MA now and I’ve discovered a huge trend. The resturaunt/bar types owned by a sole propriter often had two distinct eating sections, closed off…of course you could still smell the smoke.

They have torn down alot of walls and turned them into bright, airy, clean places, where they have more family parties and invite bands.

I think this is a case where we did let civil unjustice go on too far for too long. Men, at one point, did respect places where women and children were. Anecdotally, my college (200yrs old) allowed smoking in the classroom before it was co-ed. When the college became co-ed around the turn of the century the men wouldn’t smoke in a room with a lady. (or in a class taught by a nun). This self-imposed ban eventually became a real ban…and now no one would think of smoking in a classroom.

We have a right to clean air, food and water. The act of smoking (the way we smoke now) is against human nature on instinctual level. Humans bodies are taught to smell and to want to avoid smoke DANGER and to use fire with caution. Tobacco also has many curative properties which native Americans harnessed and are woefully under researched because of the industry surrounding cigarettes.

And don’t say well, the native Americans smoked, becuase not all did, and those that did their smoking was A peace-pipe shared among men on rare occasions…maybe even years apart. A far cry from a dozen men and women who are pack a day smokers.

 

[CWBetts]

i hate cigarette smoke while i am trying to eat in a restaurant, but smoking policy should be left up to the individual who owns the establishment not the government “health nazis”. They are coming after your fast food next bucko! Be careful what you wish for.

the sky is falling! The sky is falling!!

 

[Lifeisamazing]

I personally think it is fantastic. I was a bartender for years, and when this came up about 5 years ago, it was hotly debated.

I had worked in a place with no seperate smoking section, and no filter system. I remember puking in the garbage can b/c a group of jerks smoked cigar after cigar and I was trapped behind the bar with no air moving.

But, I then tended bar at an upscale place. They had a filtration system that was fantastic. I don’t even think I smelled like smoke when my shift was over. Plus, the non-smokers at the bar and surrounding lounge weren’t being assaulted with fumes too.

So my thought was this— how about instead of a smoking ban— bars are required to install filtration within X number of years and receive a tax credit? I guess no one thought of that route. I know it would be expensive for owners, thus the say, 3 years to do it and tax credit. That would have potentially increased their business, instead of hinder it now.

 

[rayne89]

A Smokers are inherently selfish. They just don’t care that their habit has a detrimental effect on others.

Right… My husband was a smoker for many years. He never smoked in our home, in our cars, around our daughter or children in general. He always smoked outside.

Personally I have no problem with a smoking ban, I loathe the habit but I would not call smokers inherently selfish. I’ve known many smokers who are mindful of others.

 

[shannyk]

Right… My husband was a smoker for many years. He never smoked in our home, in our cars, around our daughter or children in general. He always smoked outside.

Personally I have no problem with a smoking ban, I loathe the habit but I would not call smokers inherently selfish. I’ve known many smokers who are mindful of others.

And this is living proof that no smoker will be harmed if they have to be considerate of others for health reasons or otherwise:thumbsup:

These bans have been around in some places for a long time Cali for example. People are still traveling to and eating and drinking at establishments there, same goes for Vegas Chicago NY etc.

There is a great big wide open world of space for people to smoke in. This is much ado about nothing. If you want to compromise your health and stink to high heaven go for it. I think it’s unwise and unhealthy and taking a very unnecessary gamble with your health, but I’m not going to tell you what to do. However, I’m going to insist that you not bring me and my kids down with you.

As for coming after your food, the government already regulates food service, do you want them to get out of that too? I kinda like having health inspectors and regulations about food safety.

 

[whatevergirl]

Right… My husband was a smoker for many years. He never smoked in our home, in our cars, around our daughter or children in general. He always smoked outside.

Personally I have no problem with a smoking ban, I loathe the habit but I would not call smokers inherently selfish. I’ve known many smokers who are mindful of others.

I tend to agree…I HATE the habit, but of all the people in my life who I have known to be habitual smokers, it was almost like they weren’t aware of lighting up…it was so habitual, that it was almost an involuntary movement. lol I am not making excuses…I will just say that it takes a serious, concerted effort for someone to quit. If we look back at drinking and driving…that was not always a law…it took a lot of deaths, and accidents…for it to become law. The motivation was that drinking and driving harms others. Same here with smoking…enough people have been harmed from 2nd hand smoke, discovered through years of scientists studying this, and here we are…a need to ban it from places where non smokers can be infringed upon. I think it’s a good idea, and has been a long time in the making.

 

[stringbeanduck]

I think it’s unfair for bars. They should be able decide whether or not to allow smoking in their place. Restaurants and other places of eating is fine. When I sit down to eat, I don’t want to be breathing some ash. That’s my view on it.

I feel for smokers. Goodnight, it must suck to be taken advantage by cigarette companies who put all the junk in their products and rob the smokers of their health. A true tobacco cigarette is far less dangerous and more flavorful than anything an evil tobacco company can produce. And yes they are evil.