Let the people vote!!!Landslide for the owners...Most Americans are for Freedom of Choice.Red White and Blue! If someone does not like a place that allows smoking...Choice.Do not spend your money there.Stay Away.No one is holding a gun to your head.It's has easy as that!:taz:

You're a wise man, my friend. :thumb:

You're a wise man, my friend. :thumb:

 

Thank You my friend.I don't know about wise but I try to keep it simple using some god given Common Sense.

I wouln't care if they offered them a tax break. I just think it should be up to the owners of the establishments as do you. I see anything else, well, un-American.

 

I could just see this as being a route the government would take. It's often times this type of "compromise" that leads to changes. Similar to that of company's that get tax breaks for being more green etc.

Does anyone on this thread beleive that in some point that smoking will be illegal....when does it cross the line? When they gov't t tells us we cannot smoke at our own homes?

Does anyone on this thread beleive that in some point that smoking will be illegal....when does it cross the line? When they gov't t tells us we cannot smoke at our own homes?

Some on here would applaud that.

Don't you think it should be up to the owners of the restaurants? Wouldn't that be as American as it gets?

 

The post that you quoted was me saying the biggest problem I would have with this is telling the owners what they can do with their business. Although our society does that continouosly. Zoning, health regulations, building codes, equal employment, Social Security and payroll taxes, now health care for their employees, etc, etc.

Let the people vote!!!Landslide for the owners...Most Americans are for Freedom of Choice.Red White and Blue! If someone does not like a place that allows smoking...Choice.Do not spend your money there.Stay Away.No one is holding a gun to your head.It's has easy as that!:taz:

 

And if someone does not like a place that doesn't allow smoking, STAY AWAY!!! Freedom of Choice. Red, White and Blue. Do not spend your money there.

 

See your view goes both ways but you just want it to go your way.

 

No one is holding a gun to the smokers' head and forcing them to go to a restaurant where they cannot smoke.

And if someone does not like a place that doesn't allow smoking, STAY AWAY!!! Freedom of Choice. Red, White and Blue. Do not spend your money there.

 

See your view goes both ways but you just want it to go your way.

 

No one is holding a gun to the smokers' head and forcing them to go to a restaurant where they cannot smoke.

See, this would be fine with me, which is why I say leave it up to the owners. I ask again, don't you think that's the best way to handle it? Shouldn't it be up to the owners? Why ban it it in every one of them? Is that the kind of America you want?

See, this would be fine with me, which is why I say leave it up to the owners. I ask again, don't you think that's the best way to handle it? Shouldn't it be up to the owners? Why ban it it in every one of them? Is that the kind of America you want?

 

I think enough would be the requirement of smoking and non smoking sections that are of similar size. With the NONsmoking section to be the first section. It is ridiculous to have a non-smoking section and then my daughter and wife who are allergic to smoke and have difficulty breathing for the next 5-6 hours to have to walk through a smoking section to reach a nonsmoking section.

I think enough would be the requirement of smoking and non smoking sections that are of similar size. With the NONsmoking section to be the first section. It is ridiculous to have a non-smoking section and then my daughter and wife who are allergic to smoke and have difficulty breathing for the next 5-6 hours to have to walk through a smoking section to reach a nonsmoking section.

I can't argue with that.

Smoking is so nasty.

Being people are going to do it I say raise the price to 100 bucks a pac and use the tax money to fix some of the problems in the country.

 

Also make it a law smoking is only permitted in your home with the doors and windows shut.

Make it a thousand dollar fine the first time the law is beoken and add a 1,000 for each additional time the smoker breaks the law. Use that money to help out the schools and other problems in this country.

I say football is extremely dangerous and bad for the country. I propose we raise ticket prices to a minimum of $100 for every high school game in the country. We can use this excess money to fix the problems in this country.

 

Also, I propose a rule that football can not be played outside sanctioned football fields. So anytime you are caught tossing a football around you will be fined $1000. We can use that money to help out the schools and other problems in this country.

 

You cool with this?

Does anyone on this thread beleive that in some point that smoking will be illegal....when does it cross the line? When they gov't t tells us we cannot smoke at our own homes?

 

I don't see it being done at the federal level, for that matter I don't see it being done at the state level either. Too much money in tobacco, if something like this were too happen it certainly won't be while we're still ticking.

And if someone does not like a place that doesn't allow smoking, STAY AWAY!!! Freedom of Choice. Red, White and Blue. Do not spend your money there.

 

See your view goes both ways but you just want it to go your way.

 

No one is holding a gun to the smokers' head and forcing them to go to a restaurant where they cannot smoke.

 

Exactly.:thumb:I think most smokers do not have a problem with no smoking establishments as long as the The Owner of the business makes that decision.Not the government.:thumb:

 

I don't feel like the Heath dept.should be able to shut a restaurant down for serving unsafe food.I do think they should be inspected twice a year and the inspections should have to be posted in the newspaper and on the wall...That's all I need to know if I am going to eat out:thumb:

Sure I do not play football can always watch for free on tv.

I am smart enough and not addicted to enough to pay that price unlike so many smokers.

 

 

 

Your turn.

I would fine other items to use.

I have no addiction strong enough to make me pay the price that smokers will pay for their fix.