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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00 (Post 2085759)

I'm a smoker....

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00 (Post 2085759)

Dee this thread is making me laugh because some people obviously have no clue what this group is trying to do.

Just because we don't agree with you doesn't mean we don't understand. ;)

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And if we're going to talk about safety for employees, let's ban alcohol! How many times have I seen little waitresses get knocked around trying to break up a bar fight between drunken idiots? Or how about strippers? I mean, they put themselves in danger because guys are groping them and they could be molested while giving a lap dance.

Again, apples and oranges. There is a difference between working in an environment where accidents (or stupid things) could happen and working in an environment where it is impossible to breathe uncontaminated air.

As for bars closing because people would rather go where they can smoke, how does that work if there aren't any bars where you can smoke, so there's nowhere else to go?

Again, while there was certainly some complaining, I don't remember a deluge of bar-closings when the ban went into effect here.

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2085770)

So in short: we do understand, we just disagree with you.

Yep.

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2085763)

That must be some sort of secret thing to make you gamble more, because the brand spankin' new casino here in Pittsburgh is the same way. And I go to the smokiest, hole-in-the-walliest, dive bars in town.

I went to the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Michigan, and I don't feel any smokier when I leave. Maybe they just have better ventilation? Their non-smoking area is teeny tiny, though, and all the good machines are in the smoking section. Live-in (non-smoker) has never complained, but maybe he's just used to it?

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Originally Posted by Drolefille (Post 2085770)

The hole in the walls still exist too, and they literally put a picnic table outside for the smokers.

I can't lie, I love those picnic tables and decent smoking areas (with an ashtray) outside of bars here. I don't mind not being able to smoke in bars at all, even in the winter, even in negative 47 degrees (it's not likely I'd be at a bar in that weather anyway). I don't smoke in my house, either.