quote:Originally posted by SHELDIVR:
It is a public health issue...smoking tobacco in confined spaces to the extent that others are inhaling that did not intend to inhale. The same government that operates the CDC, Center for Disease Control and the same government that had manufacturers place health hazard warnings on cigarette packs, can also invoke and enforce smoking bans in enclosed, confined spaces where air is re-breathed, such as restaurants, bars and other small businesses.
The same government that wiped out smallpox, polio and other illnesses by requiring vaccinations, can also, in the interest of public health, ban smoking in confined spaces.
For all the years that I was a smoker, I apologize to everyone I offended or endangered with my smoke and my inconsiderate attitude toward others who did not chose to smoke my smoke.
The Government YOU are talking about was many years ago when they kept American and their welfare to heart.
That Government doesn't exist anymore. Today's government just wants to see how many hoops they can get one to jump through before the person starts complaining. Sad but true.
OUR Government today hsn't wiped anything away. Not even WAR. They don't care if kids eat, if they get to go to the doctor, if people freeze to death, if disease keeps coming back, nope, this government wants to make sure that they pit smokers against non smokers, when it just is NOT necessary. THE BUSINESS OWNER HAS THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CALL HIS BUSINESS THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO BE!!!! Pure and simple. Otherwise you have just put another nail into the coffin of the Constitution. Our Children will be so proud of us.
Smoking is just another way for them to whittle at our Constitution that all you out there are so happy to see them do. When our constitution is gone, then what country is everyone going to migrate to???
This is so simple it is UNREAL, but people want to make it complex.
"Allow the business OWNER to see what mixture his clientele is, smokers or non smokers. Then said business owner has to REGISTER the business as a SMOKING business or a NON SMOKING business. The signs will be on every door so people who don't smoke can't be confused, and people who do smoke will remember to not light up.
Why make everything so complex when there is really only ONE CONSTITUTIONAL Way of doing this.
And P.S., I don't smoke, but I DO love the Constitution, or what is left of it.