Smoking Ban Options

[livwho]

In Kansas, 27 different cities statewide have banned smoking from restaurants claiming they're trying to "protect the employee's". Somehow, I don't buy it. I believe it's the business owners decision on whether or not smoking is allowed in their facility.

Do you think this is right?

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

I hate living in Kansas.

Also, if Hilary Clinton is elected President, I'm moving to London. Done deal.

That's completely illogical. Not to mention irrelevant?


Yeah, smoking was banning in my county a while ago, and it is where I'm going to school too. I'm not going to lie, though, it's pretty nice. I didn't really object to restaurants having smoking sections, or anything like that, and I do think this is unfair restriction of rights. However, something can be said for sparing other people's health in public indoor places. I'd forgotten that smoking indoors was still in Atlanta until I want to a miserably smoky concert last year. Granted I was there for 5 hours, but it got to the point where I couldn't enjoy the band I'd actually gone to see and didn't stick around for the encore because it was so hard to breath (and it's not like I'm closed-minded and haven't smoked and am not around smokers all the time). If that's going to be the case, they should at least have the courtesy to sell water for under $3. But anyway, at a lot of shows here I find that people sneak cigarettes inside anyway, and that's fine with me because then it isn't overwhelming. I think it should be more a discouragement than something is strongly enforced, which it seems to be in environments in which you're not too likely to get caught. I don't know it that makes sense, I got distracted by my hair smelling odd.

So basically, I'm pretty torn. I don't like the infringement of smokers' rights, but I don't think people should be allow to inflict harm on unwilling people either (not the best phrasing there, but I'd rather not argue over my diction, thanks).