Smoking in Bars/Public Places? Yea or Nay? (rock, single)

half_baked87 · 01-18-2006, 04:07 PM

i'm for smoking in bars and restaurants, as long as its a designated smoking area, as not to infringe on other people.

riseagainstrocks · 01-18-2006, 04:08 PM

I so knew this was coming.

As I said before, I am against it in places where it affects non smokers. I choose not to smoke. I don't care if others do it, as longs as I, as a non smoker don't have to breathe it in.

right-track · 01-18-2006, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by riseagainstrocks

I so knew this was coming.

You should post more in the 'sixth sense thread' RAR.

LedZep I'm a smoker and I agree with you.
It makes me uncomfortable if I feel my smoking is imposing on others.

Lately at work, moves are being made to ban smoking completely.
Currently we are allowed two, ten minute smoke breaks, providing it's off premises. If the smoke breaks are banned completely I will find that a breach of my free will. That irritates me.

I think smokers are being persecuted unfairly. Especially when you consider the pollution a single car contributes to the detriment of your health. They are incomparable, yet not a word said.

Sneer · 01-18-2006, 04:10 PM

ok, carrying on from that thread, i understand you perfectly, but your saying its your right to smoke in a bar if you want to? thus implying you have the right to share your toxic fumes with non-smokers and damaging their health in the process. the way i see it, if you want to smoke, fine. your choice. but do it in your own homes so the only people your damaging is yourself.

half_baked87 · 01-18-2006, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LedZepStu

ok, carrying on from that thread, i understand you perfectly, but your saying its your right to smoke in a bar if you want to? thus implying you have the right to share your toxic fumes with non-smokers and damaging their health in the process. the way i see it, if you want to smoke, fine. your choice. but do it in your own homes so the only people your damaging is yourself.

no, you didn't understand. and for gods sake, you're talking like inhaling a bit of smoke every now and then in a bar will give you the black lung, it's overblown. working in it everyday, yeah, it will cause problems. but anyways, my point is, i'm for it if it's a designated, ventilated area, so i don't "share my toxic fumes" with anyone else. when i didn't smoke i still felt the same way.

as an aside...what i find really retarded is that the legion members aren't allowed to smoke inside anymore, their 80 year old veterans for gods sakes, and they have to go out in the cold to have a smoke? bull****.

Sneer · 01-18-2006, 04:17 PM

inhaling a bit of smoke in one instance maybe, but think of the amount of times you go to clubs/pubs/bars in an average 70 year lifespan, eventually its going to catch up with you. i dont care if you (not you personally) smoke, as long as i dont inhale the stuff.

adidasss · 01-18-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LedZepStu

inhaling a bit of smoke in one instance maybe, but think of the amount of times you go to clubs/pubs/bars in an average 70 year lifespan, eventually its going to catch up with you. i dont care if you (not you personally) smoke, as long as i dont inhale the stuff.

who wants to be alive at 70?

riseagainstrocks · 01-19-2006, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

who wants to be alive at 70?

I'm assuming this was meant in jest, but i'll respond anyway. You might not want to, I might not want to, but someone else sure as hell does. Like the guy who is 68.

And to the people who are citing the governments role in this: The sole reason that any law is passed at all is because there is a proven negative side affect to free born cigarette smoke. It damages the lungs of everyone in the area. As a non-smoker and a runner, I don't want to breathe in smoke, whether it be from marijuana, cigarettes, cigars, etc. If I am in a public area, then I have that right. Smokers are welcome to smoke at home. Or with other smokers or where people who don't care are present.

Raine · 11-25-2006, 10:49 PM

I'm suprised some local and state governments passed this bill.
I personally don't care but if you don't want to breathe it int hent he government should protect that right.

Anyone with any major qualms with it should take it up with their congressman / congresswoman.

Zer0 · 01-31-2010, 04:27 PM

I'm a smoker and i actually like the fact that smoking has been banned in bars and restaurants here, it's not really fair on non-smokers. Smoking areas have become the best part of bars and clubs here in my opinion. Plus you can actually talk to people without having loud music pumped in your ear and enjoy a cig at the same time. And i've got with 3 girlfriends thanks to smoking areas

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01-18-2006, 04:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
half_baked87 sammichestime Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 376	Smoking in Bars/Public Places? Yea or Nay? i'm for smoking in bars and restaurants, as long as its a designated smoking area, as not to infringe on other people.

01-18-2006, 04:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,297	I so knew this was coming. As I said before, I am against it in places where it affects non smokers. I choose not to smoke. I don't care if others do it, as longs as I, as a non smoker don't have to breathe it in. __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

01-18-2006, 04:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,397	ok, carrying on from that thread, i understand you perfectly, but your saying its your right to smoke in a bar if you want to? thus implying you have the right to share your toxic fumes with non-smokers and damaging their health in the process. the way i see it, if you want to smoke, fine. your choice. but do it in your own homes so the only people your damaging is yourself. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

01-18-2006, 04:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,397	inhaling a bit of smoke in one instance maybe, but think of the amount of times you go to clubs/pubs/bars in an average 70 year lifespan, eventually its going to catch up with you. i dont care if you (not you personally) smoke, as long as i dont inhale the stuff. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

11-25-2006, 10:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Raine Full-Time Hellion Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,519	I'm suprised some local and state governments passed this bill. I personally don't care but if you don't want to breathe it int hent he government should protect that right. Anyone with any major qualms with it should take it up with their congressman / congresswoman. __________________ A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

01-31-2010, 04:27 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	I'm a smoker and i actually like the fact that smoking has been banned in bars and restaurants here, it's not really fair on non-smokers. Smoking areas have become the best part of bars and clubs here in my opinion. Plus you can actually talk to people without having loud music pumped in your ear and enjoy a cig at the same time. And i've got with 3 girlfriends thanks to smoking areas __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound