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Originally posted by SilverTurtle
I find it interesting that the smoking debates (we just passed a ban last year in Columbus) center around "my right to smoke/not smoke".
Smokers can't light up in the office.
Smokers can't light up at the movie theater or grocery store or mall.
Smokers can't light up anywhere except certain restaurants and bars.
The reason a smoker can't light up in the office is because s/he is endagering his/her coworkers with secondhand smoke. Smokers can't light up in grocery stores or other retail establishments because it endangers their coworkers and the other patrons.
The people who work in the restaurants and bars deserve that same consideration. I worked in them for 2 years during college, and I'm sure the hours I spent in the smoking sections did wonders for my health.
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Restaurants and bars have a pretty powerful lobby. I personally believe that their staunch adherance to pro-smoking policies is a bit strange. I'd probably go out to more bars/clubs if I didn't have to dry clean my clothes the next day just get the smoke smell out.