Sansa Stark

I started smoking because it goes good after smoking pot...

Scarlett O'Hara

It's brilliant after sex too.

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And after a feast

Scarlett O'Hara

Or first thing in the morning with a coffee...

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or after a big poop

Shake

Can't be bothered to read all of the pages but my $0.02 is this;

Smoking should be allowed in bars, and places typically frequented by adults who know what they're getting themselves into. I know, or knew I guess, that going to a bar there was going to be smoke there. And I"m fine with that.

But in restaurants where there are children, there shouldn't be as much as a smoking section. I have a 5 year old, and do my best to keep smoke away from her all the time. I don't smoke in the house, I don't smoke in the car.. I just generally don't smoke when she's around.

So yeah, smoke in bars, not in restaurants.

*edit* and the "workplace" thing needs an ammendment as well. I used to work in a factory where the air was so thick with smoke that you would literally be blowing black soot out of your nose for as much as an entire weekend (after not being there for 2 or 3 days) But we weren't allowed a smoking section, even outside. Lame.

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mr dave

in short yes, no, yes, kinda, WTF?

i won't read a few years worth of posts either but... i disagree with smoking in bars. when i lived in Ottawa it was MOTHERF*CKING COLD during the winter yet every bar had a bustling patio section year round since you couldn't smoke inside. i used to think the same way (that the ban was stupid) but then i remembered how crappy i felt when i used to go to bars before the ban took effect and how much nastier the hangover was, and how much nastier my clothes smelled. for me, winter patios are where it's at (at least when the owners know how to build them to shelter the patrons from the wind).

that workplace situation is just messed up. how is it that you weren't legally entitled to an outdoor smoking section. heck there are plenty of places out here that have had to build actual enclosures for the smokers.

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Janszoon

This may sound like a strange comment coming from a non-smoker, but since all these smoking bans have taken effect I kind of miss coming home at the end of the night smelling like smoke. I don't know why but there was always something I enjoyed about that. It made me feel like I had really been somewhere, if that makes any sense.

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gogojessicat

huh, that's interesting. most people would say its gross. But i get what you mean, you know you've been out for a good night when you come back smelling of booze & cigs.

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crash_override

I'm ok with a smoking ban in public. Some places take it too far, like California. Making smoking illegal almost everywhere, including your own car in certain towns. Myself being a non-smoker, couldn't really care less. But there is a point where government trying to protect the health of the mass public crosses over into denying people their American rights (assuming we are talking about America here). Now I can see the benefits of both sides of the argument, but the main thing I think people are forgetting is that we have to look out for everyones rights.

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