Many states either have passed, or are working to pass legislation in order to stop
smoking in bussiness, primarily
bars,
clubs and
resturaunts (most other bussinesses have already
eliminated smoking so they aren't a
problem), or any place where people gather.
The fact that we are passing a law like this in some states
offends something
basic in me. I can see banning smoking in
government buildings or any place that a non smoker would be
required to go into at some time, but there are plenty of bars and resturaunts that don't allow smoking without this law. If you're a non-smoker, and you don't want to be around smoke, then go to one of those establishments! It's that easy. It's called "
consumer choice" and it's one of the things that makes
America great. If enough of you stop going and the owners see a drop off in their
profits then they'll probably not allow people to smoke in there anymore.
There's also a big argument about "well the
employee's need to be able to have a
smoke free
environment". Ok, then they can apply for places that prohibit smoking. Once again if an owner can't hire anyone because they all refuse to work in a smoke-filled environment then he may have to stop allowing people to smoke in order to keep his bussiness going.
These laws do infringe on the
freedoms of the bussiness owners. It's their
establishments we're talking about, they should run them how they see fit, let the
consumers tell them if the formula they've worked out is
successful or not. The government needs to piss off in this case.
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