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The War on Cigarettes

Cities in Tennessee want the state to repeal a law that forbids the cities from banning smoking in restaurants. Sorry cities (and state), that decision is solely the right of the restaurant owner.

Posted in uncategorized on January 26th, 2004 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

5 Responses to “The War on Cigarettes”

  1. arrogant bastard Says:
    January 26th, 2004 at 12:57 pm

    The day they take my cigs away will be when they pry them from “my cold dead hands”

    lol 🙂

  2. Easycure Says:
    January 26th, 2004 at 1:22 pm

    They banned them out here, in Tacoma WA, but it was repealed because the law conflicted with the state’s Clean Air Act of 199? that said bar/restraunt owners could decide for themselves. And, as we all know, the State knows what is better for a city than the city itself.

  3. tgirsch Says:
    January 26th, 2004 at 5:35 pm

    I think the correct answer is not to ban smoking in restaurants, but rather to establish parameters wherein it can be allowed. Yeah, you’ll call this nannyism, but second-hand smoke has known health risks, so it’s in the public interest to ensure that people can avoid it if they want to. Plus, there’s the matter of the restaurant employees, who have little choice in avoiding the smoke if the owner chooses to allow smoking.

    My suggested requirements would be as follows:

  4. The smoking section must be a separate room from the non-smoking areas (i.e., it’s not sufficient to draw an imaginary line, one side of which is smoking and the other side of which is non-smoking).
  5. You must be able to get to the public access areas (i.e. lobby, restrooms, etc.) without going through the smoking section.
  6. The smoking section(s) must be well-ventilated.Yes, I understand that this would have the effect of forcing many smaller establishments to ban smoking. But to me it would still be preferable to an outright ban.
  7. tgirsch Says:
    January 26th, 2004 at 5:39 pm

    It also occurs to me that you could include an exemption for proprietorships, similar to the rentor/tenant exemption that exists in housing laws. A small building owner may discriminate any way he wants to (even in otherwise illegal ways) if he actually lives in that building. You could do the same thing with restaurants. If the restaurant is a proprietorship, and the proprietor actually works in the restaurant full-time, that proprietor would be exempt from smoking bans. This would protect smaller interests while also protecting the patrons of many restaurants.

  8. Manish Says:
    January 26th, 2004 at 6:36 pm

    This ones a tough one…I used to be totally against these kinds of laws, and then I moved to Kalifornia where you can’t smoke in bars or restaurants. I must say, I really enjoy going out and not smelling like smoke when I leave. Having said that, it is an infringement on the rights of the owner..

    Then there is the health care angle..the people ultimately end up paying the health costs of 2nd hand smoke…either because the wait staff end up getting cancer and need medicare/medicaid to pay for it, or private insurance pays for it, which ultimately raises the cost of insurance for everybody.

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