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My coworkers and I were disgussing this and here's some key points we came up with.
If they (government) ban smoking in public restraunts or such they are limiting the rights of people. What happens when rights are taken away or limited? More rights are taken away or limited. It's like telling people they cannot drink alcohol at a bar after a certain time because then you're more apt to get in an accident. I believe that it should be up to the individual owner to choose if their establishment was smoke free or not. The same happened with most Malls...they are now smoke free. I know of one restraunt in town here that is smoke free. And their bar area....empty. People don't hang out at the bar when it's smoke free (sorry, but it's true).
This isn't a personal slam Munchkin. The perfume counters: should they be limited to the number of scents and such that is around? I mean, I have severe allergies myself and some scents trigger them. So does that mean that new laws should be enforced that target perfume counters? No, not likely. Does it annoy me...yes. Do I spend much time there...not really. But there are times when I have to walk through that area (no it's not my hangout) but I get over it. I can fully understand your medical concerns...my brother used to be asthmatic and could never go to places with clouds of smoke. But do people really find that restraunts have clouds of smoke?
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