Non smoking laws Dictatorship??

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Ahh, I love the country. "Ohh look, there's a bush, I wana pee on it" LOL

Oh, and here in the city, we have toilets

[banditpowdercoat]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Oh, and here in the city, we have toilets

Interesting concept LOL

[workn2hard2day]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Aquattro
Oh, and here in the city, we have toilets

Interesting concept LOL




and they are the "pop up" kind too! Just made for those 3am gotta go moments.

[Joe Reefer]

Wouldn't it just be easier to stop selling smokes period?

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Wouldn't it just be easier to stop selling smokes period?

SSSHHHHHH then non smokers would have to start paying more taxes, and I can't afford to pay more for my beer!

[Swags]

Originally Posted by Joe Reefer

Wouldn't it just be easier to stop selling smokes period?

The gov will just add the lost sin tax to our booze!

[pandafishowner]

What about the choices of the non-smokers that, until the bans were made, had no choice but to be subjected to that smoke? What about the children that needlessly were subjected to cigarette smoke because they don't have the rights to say they don't like it?

As a non-smoker, a mom, and one severely allergic to smoke, I'd be pleased as punch if people actually followed the no smoking bans that have been put into place. It's disgusting even walking into the Co-Op store on 17th Ave SE because staff and customers stand right at the doors smoking, standing right in front of the signs saying "NO Smoking Within 5 Metres". Or standing at the bus stop with my kids, while some a-hole smokes a cigarette and blows the smoke in my kids faces.

It wasn't the government that put these bans into place, it was US, the voters. I for one, am damn glad for them and will be even happier when enforcement happens.

[Lance]

The issue that a lot of bars have is the indecisive regulations of the Gov. 2 years ago they decided bars could have a smoking room if they so decided, as long as it met the strict guidelines WCB put forth. I.E. so many sq. ft. per size of bar, doorway of such and such a size, ventilation system of adequate size, no staff required to enter smoking room, etc. Many bars spent a great deal of money on these rooms. (we spent over $10G on ours). Now 2 years later, they decide these rooms are not good enough and can't be used anymore. Make up your mind people!

[Der_Iron_Chef]

I like the new(er) laws.

[Slick Fork]

As an ex-smoker I appreciate the non-smoking indoors laws, however... when they start banning smoking outdoors it drives me a little nuts. You're not even allowed to smoke on an outdoor patio anymore, around here there's a talk of a law being tabled that would outlaw smoking in public outdoor areas such as parks, sidewalks etc. Once outside, children are much more in danger of the exhaust fumes from car and truck traffic than they are from the poor lonely smoker sitting on a bench still clinging on to his/her habit yet no one is talking about banning vehicles around playgrounds. I don't like rap music, does this mean that if I find enough people who also don't like it we can vote and ban it? It gets to be a slippery slope when the government starts telling you what you can and can't do on a regular basis. It may start with cigarettes, but we all know that obesity is the new smoking so we'll have "fat cops" running around fining you for eating potato chips in public, or daring to order gravy with those fries... don't say you haven't been warned