Ban Public Smoking
 

Currently there is talk in NC or maybe just Charlotte to ban smoking in public places, i.e. restaurants and bars. I am all for it. :)

If your city or state were to propose this ban, would you vote YAY or NAY? YAY would be to ban public smoking and NAY would be to let them smoke.

My vote: YAY!!!:cool:

Coming from a state that has already baned public smoking (CA)..I am so for it everywhere else.

NYC has a banned smoking policy and I love it! :D

CT4:
It's just Char/Meck right now, but YES! I'm for it...
I'll be able to go to a restaurant and take my baby and not worry about secondhand smoke...
I don't care what smokers do in their own home (and actually, I know of smokers that won't even smoke in their home)...but keep it out of my area!

I would definitely vote YAY! I believe 2 or 3 suburbs surrounding Chicago have already banned public smoking.

My vote : YAY

I don't smoke and don't feel like I should have to breath second hand smoke.

Thanks!! That's what I thought but after sitting in 10 degree weather waiting for my car to warm up, my brain was still on ice. :eek:

I wish I could ban the smokers in my family!!! :mad: :o :eek:

We have that policy in Florida and I love it. The cig-heads raised a big stink (pun intended) about it at first. But I love it. I hated going to restaraunts, sitting in the non-smoking section and still smelling the smoke.

Smoking bans play into civility IMO
 

California, of course, is in the vanguard of public smoking bans. I strongly favor it because it's not a private matter. What they do within their four walls isn't my concern.

MamaTrap and my father smoked when I was growing up. I have severe allergies and breathing problems because of secondhand smoke.

Soror, glad you posted this - I was getting ready to. I voted YES and it is wonderful to go into a restaurant and not have to deal with the smoke. Some establishments have said it would hurt their business, but I've not seen any statistics. There have been some that have also said they would not follow the law. I think it's been just over a year or so since Florida has complied with this law.

That policy is already in effect in Syracuse and I LOVE it. It's so nice to go out to a club and not have to worry about smelling like stank smoke. It was bad enough that we had to deal with stank smelling people.:o My vote is YAY!!

YAY!

This law is in effect for restaurants in my town and all the neighboring towns. It's been that way for so long that I was actually surprised the last time I walked into a restaurant in Chicago and was asked "Smoking or non?"

As a smoker, and living in a city that has already banned public smoking. I can honestly say that I am indifferent.

I don't mind going outside to smoke...even in the freezing cold. I never smoke indoors at home. The only place I would smoke inside is at another smokers place and only with their permission.

I think I'm okay with this is because I never used to be a smoker. I only started when I went to university. So, I know how non-smokers feel and I try my best not to offend them.

NAY

I'm very much against this ban for private business. Government building, yes...but not private businesses. If you don't want to be around the smoke, don't go. When the business starts losing customers, I would hope it'd go ahead and ban smoking anyway. But the truth is that private businesses are NOT public areas.

I'm not a smoker and I'd prefer not to be around it. If I get too uncomfortable (I'm an ex-smoker and sometimes it gets to me), I will not hesitate to walk out.

As a smoker, I vote yay. I very seldom sit in the smoking area when I go out to eat. I am a considerate smoker and I go out of my way to not expose others. Now if you come to my house I will not smoke while you are there, but you will still be exposed to the fact that it is a smoker's house.