As of jan 1 2008 the state will be smoke free, all businesses will be smoke free and all government buildings and vehicles. do you think its right that the government can tell a privately owned business that they can't allow their customers to smoke in their place of business? Do you think it should be up to the business to decide what they allow patrons and employees to do on their premisis? Tell me how you feel about the smoking ban.
Thomas Wood (7:00am)
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No its not right and i am completely against the smoking ban. When people want to go out to a bar and want to smoke a cigar or a smoke they should be able to. Isnt that why you go to a bar is to drink, smoke and socialize. Why cant this state let people have a few rights and not take everything away from us. Are they going to tell us when to wipe are ass and how to. I am glad we have laws and we should have a lot of laws but not one like this. People choose to smoke and some start at a young age. Let them smoke when at a bar or resturant or when they are on break at work. The goverment should not be able to tell a business owner that he or she can not allow smoking in their place of buisness. It is just not right at all. I think this will hurt the buisness of small buisnesses and eventalluly this will just be some law that people break anyway. The buisnesss owners should make the decision of weather or not his or her customer should be able to smoke in their place not the government. I am completely against the smoking ban i am not a smoker myself but it should not be against the law to light one up in a bar.
Shawn Harshbarger
I don't think that the smoking band is for the vehicals. I do know that they are looking into a possible fine for people who smoke in vehicals with children pressent. I am sure that has not passed yet.
I do not like the smoking ban. I do not smoke, but I think it should be up to the owner weather or not to take smoking out of the business. Bars should be allowed to have smoking in them. People have a choice wheather or not to go some where because of the smoking issue.
I think that we are not going to be living free by the time my kids have kids. Every time you turn around, "big brother" has more control over what we do. Take your car for example. You HAVE to have a new sticker every yerar. You HAVE to have insurance. You HAVE to wear your seat belt. You CAN NOT have tinted windows on certain vehicals and it has to be a certain shade of tint.
There are so many things in this world that is being taken from us and we will not be free in about 100 years. Yes we will not be here, but our kids will.
Michelle
It is a restriction of our rights for the government to tell us what to do and what not to do, but that is what we get for having liberals in office. I am extremely allergic to smoke, and I still do not think others rights should be infringed upon for my sake. If place is not smoke free, oh well. I'll go somewhere else or suck it up. I am even against people smoking, having seen and known of several people who have died from lung cancer as a result. We need to be carefull of what we ban, because it makes it that much easier to ban something else.
Daniel Hooker (7:00)
I think that this ban is a good thing. Second-hand smooke is very dangerous and I personally can stand that smell that comes along with it. My aunts and unlces smoke and so do some of my friends, but I think that the government does not have the right to tell a business that no one should be able to smoke in it. I think that it would be alright for it to be done by individual businesses, but they need to take a certain stance. It should either be no smoking or smoking, not by whatever customer comes in. I'm fine with people smoking, but there is a time and a place for that and the businesses should decide, not the government.
Ryan Lowry(7:00)
I'm a non-smoker, and I think the smoking ban is for the better. I'm sure if I was a smoker my opinion would be different. I just think if makes dinner more enjoyable for families, and it's safer for children. I don't like the smell of smoke, and I always feel like when I'm around smokers I stink. I know when many people go to the bars, they enjoy smoking and socializing. But, I think they should go outside or go somewhere else to smoke. Some people are asthmatic, and can't be around smoke. So, why should someone make their miserable just because they need to smoke? I just think it makes things better when everyone has a good time, and the smoking ban has helped to this.
Chelse Lindenbaum (9:00)
I don't belive that every building should be smoke free, but then again the government is doing this to better the lives of the people who live here. For years they've shown the harmful effects that smoking has on someone and possibly the people around them. I think the people that smoke should really be more considerate towards the people that don't. Honestly if the people who smoked really cared they would quite. Don't get me wrong, knocking the habit is so hard. I've gone through the process with three of my family members. I saw the toll it took on them but then I realized that they wouldn't have had to put themselves through hell if they had only stayed away from smoking. Yes I understand that back then it was cool and everyone was doing it. But then even during that period you had warning labels and people still didn't listen to the government. Well now that people have cancer and increasing rates of asthma will we listen to the government. Probably not. We will probably spend the rest of our days fighting to rebel just for the sake of rebeling. Then again smoking is a choice. Would that mean that by telling us where we could smoke the government is taking away our choices and deciding for us?
Miranda Wilson (9:00)
I don't think that the smoking ban is right, but I do like it. I hate the smell of smoke, it makes me ill. However, I think that if a business is privately owned they should be able to decide what they allow, as long as it's not illegal.
Liz Doty
I havn't really thought too much about the whole ban on public smoking, because I don't smoke, and I don't know a lot of people that do smoke. As I think about it, it does seem to me like it is a violation of people's rights, but on the other hand, I am kind of glad that this law is being passed. I hate sitting in a restaurant and having the smell of smoke all around me. I'm not sure if this is cause for smoking to be banned in public altogether, but I am glad that I won't have to be around it as much.
Chris Bohnhoff (Noon)
I don't think that it is fair for the government to be able to tell a business that they can't allow smokers to be in their restauraunt or office. I think that the government is getting too involved in issues like that. Maybe this is just the beginning of what the government is going to tell people to do. Maybe they are going to start telling people what color shirt to wear or that their hair has to be a ceratin length. It definitly should be up to the business to decide whether or not they want to allow people to smoke. I think that if the city wants to put a smoking ban in place they need to give incentives to businesses to enforce that law. The city needs to let the businesses decide and reward them if they follow the rule. I am a non-smoker and I am in favor of the smoking ban. It is going to make eating out at a restaurant a lot more enjoyable.
Kirby Reifsteck (9:00)
I Think a business owner should be allowed to have say in what they will allow in their own private business. On the other hand I see both sides of the decision of the smoking ban. I used to be a smoker and I am now smoke free. I don't like the smell of smoke in my hair or in my clothes. I believe in second hand smoke. I know that it kills people. it killed supermans wife and she never smoked in her life. However, she did sing in a night club for many years. This caused her to have lung cancer. So ultimately, I think the individual should decide if they want to be in a place with smokers. And let ownwers make their own money in the way they want to. Hey, somebody could open a smoke free bar.
Theresa Newman(noon)
I think there could be a smoking permit for businesses like bars. I smoke and I don't relish the smoking ban, but it was coming. I think that the citizens would have called for it in their own time. Maybe the state didn't need to intervene. More and more businesses in town have been becoming smoke free before the ban, and I think it would have keep going in that direction. There could have been some of each (smoke free/smoking) and the people could decided where to spend their money and time. If the state wanted to benefit(as they often do) it would be wise to institute a smoking license.
Renee Hart
I totally agree with the smoking ban, Even for private businesses. Smoking kills people. The smoker is in danger, but even second hand is dangerous. If I am out in public or at work, I don't want to be breathing it in. It's not fair that I get sick, or anyone else in a bar or restaurant, because someone else makes the decision to smoke. It's not fair and it's completely right to make it illegal. If someone chooses not to smoke, they shouldn't have to breath in everyone else's smoke. If someone wants to smoke, do it outside of your home where you won't harm others. Don't smoke in the car, especially if someone else in there. Mothers who smoke in the car and have their young children are doing so much damage in the kids lungs...and their kids are going to have to live with it because their mom was careless and selfish. I am very glad about the smoking bans.
Hannah Dodd (9:00)
Although some people may not agree with me, I think that the smoking ban was a wonderful act from the government. I detest smoking mainly because the majority of my family is either smokers or former smokers and I don't think I can even stand to see someone smoking in public building especially restaurants. If a person wants to destroy their life, be my guest, but don't destroy everyone else's health around you. Find somewhere else to smoke even if it means leaving the state to do so. I can't very well feel sorry for smokers when they 1: know it is wrong to smoke, 2: they oviously don't mind about polluting the evironment when nothing is getting anything positive from it, and 3: because they do not care about others' wishes regarding public smoking. After all of that, if smokers still decide to light up, they deserve whatever comes their way. Timothy Swan
I'm not a smoker, and never will be, but it really should be up to privately owned business owners whether or not people are able to smoke in their business. I don't see a problem with smoking in food places or bars as long as there are designated areas. Smoking in goverment places is different.. if they don't want it there that's fine but they shouldn't impose their thoughts and rules on small business owners bussinesses.
LesLee Watkins (7:00)
No i dont think that it is right for the government to tell the private businesses that they have to bann smoking. I think that it should be up to the business, because i believe that many business will loose costomers now, because they will not beable to smoke in there, and that might be the only reason that they were there in the first place. I think that the bann is a bunch of bull, and its just showing that the government is in control, and its just a way that they can flex their muscles.
Cameron Brown 7:00
I don't think the govenment should have the right to decide for businesses what they can allow in their establishment. I believe the business owner should have the right to decide what is right for their business. I know it is unhealthy for people to smoke and to breath secondhand smoke, but I think people should be able to decide for themselves what they do.
I think the smoking ban is bs. I can understand that there are non smokers that don't like the smell of second hand smoke but it should be up the the business owner whether or not they want to scare off those customers or whether they want to have a smoke free resturaunt. I myself don't smoke but it doesn't bother me. Im surrounded by smokers every day and if they choose to do it then thats their decision. The government baning smoking might cause places that used to allow smoking to lose business because the smokers want to smoke when they are eating or drinking or whatever. I think its just the governments way of slowely baning cigarettes all together. That would suck for smokers but it wouldnt effect me.
Jimmy Gourdier (12:00 Class)
I believe the smoking ban is a good idea. Although i am a smoker coming from Georgia i realized that the smoking ban there has been helpful. After finding more factual evidence on the harmful effects of second hand smoke it is not fair to all the others who dont smoke to have to inhale the cancer causing fumes that i breathe. There is now evidence that supports that second hand smoke is even worse then the toxins being inhaled by that of a smoker. So all in all i beleive its a fair compromise. I mean they didnt ban smoking from the entire world, just public places. On the other hand i do believe that banning smoking in bars and privately owned businesses is bs. No one in the bars gives a shit about cigarette smoke and i believe all the traffic coming in and out to smoke is going to be more of a fire hazard then anything else. As for privately owned businesses i beleive they should be able to do whatever the hell they want. I know if I had a business i would be smoking in there regardless of the law and all my customers would be to.
Blake Eakes Noon
Since when did we get so intolerant that smokers are criminals? I am against the smoking ban even though I am not a smoker myself.
Yes i think that the government should be allowed to tell people they can't smoke in their privately owned business. Either way you are going to get people that go to the business and do not smoke. They are always affected by the smell of the cigarettes burning. Not to mention with the government stepping in, people won't have to worry about second hand smoke anymore. Government should be allowed to tell private business owners no smoking in your business. It will benefit the people that do not smoke.
Zach Burnett
I am very glad that this rule of smoking has been passed. We need to eliminate smoking in gevoernment and private owned businesses. Cigarettes is the only drug that i know of that hurts your body even if your not the person smoking it. If you want to smoke you can go outside because it's an inconveince for everyone else. Thats a big step froward on banning skoing in public places and i like it.
Demaris winston
(7:00)
I am not a smoker myself, but i think that the smoking ban infringes upon our rights. I think that it is a great idea to not allow smoking in public places, but then i see on the other hand where i could actually be a smoker and think that it infringes upon my rights as a U.S. citizen. I also think that the business should get to decide whether their custmers can smoke or not, not the government.
Frankie Gaskill (9:00)
I don't smoke,so it doesn't really matter to me. But it is wrong because it's private property and that property owner should have a say so into what they allow their customers to do.
I feel that it's crazy that people arn't aloud to smoke in bars. Maybe some places of business are alright to be smoke-free, but not all.
--Jill Reinhart (noon)
I don't think that I agree with the smoking ban. I believe that most people go to bars to drink and to smoke at places like bars and places like that. So when they want to make a ban on smoking in public places like that, I think that it brings down the business that the bar was getting. However, I can relate to people who do not agree with the smoking in public places. My entire life, both my parents have smoked...a LOT! And I think I've actually developed somewhat of an allergic reaction to smoke because of it. So, I can honestly say that I am pretty torn between both sides. I can see why both sides agree with their sides and I honestly can't pick between the two.
Brittney (7:00)
I am all for smoking being banned in certain areas, public areas. For example, it's disgusting to walk down Green street sidewalks with the abundance of cigarette butts lazily tossed to the ground instead of being properly disposed of. I do believe private business owners should have their choice though. I personally like going into the bar now without the smoke-filled air, but I don't drink, so I am not adding to the bar's income. I do believe the bars are going to suffer from a huge loss in income.
Bobbi (9:00)
I agree whole-heartedly with the smoking ban. Is having to smoke outside every once in a while really that big of a deal? Especially when the non-smokers, whom happen to be the majority of the population, will be so much better off? As far as the smoking ban being an infringement of rights, I guess I could see that, but it's not like people are being told they can't smoke at all. The only thing that's going to happen is smokers won't be able to smoke so damn much. The absence of chain-smoking could add years on to a someone's life. Personally, I think there are more important rights we could be fighting for than the right to smoke in public.
Tristan Cogswell
I do not think that it is right for the government to tell a privately owned business that they can not allow their customers to smoke in their place of business. I do think that it should be up to the business to decide what they allow patrons and employees to do on their premisis. When you go out to the bar, you should be able to smoke. I can understand outlawing smoking in restaurants, but many smokers are upset about the ban saying that they can not smoke in bars.
Haley Stewart (7:00)
I dont think the government should be able to ban smoking in a privately owned business.....I dont think they should have that kind of power. If a business wants to allow smoking they should be allowed to do so.
If you dont want to be around people who smoke dont go around them and dont go to businesses that allow it.
Brianna Bugbee
I think it should be up to the business owner to allow or not allow smoking in their establishment. As if people don’t breath in enough harmful things when we walk out our front door. If I claim that people talking on their cell phones causes me aggravation, and possibly negative medical side effects not yet determined, should it then be illegal to talk on your cell phone in public? I believe that our government continually crosses the line in this aspect, when are we as a country going to gain control of the repeated stupid decision making.
Jennifer Wilson
Personally cigarette smoke soesn't bother me. I grew up in a family where about everyone on my father's side of the family smoked. I do believe that second hand smoke is the worst kind. Children should absolutely not be around it. As for the smoking ban, I personally don't care that this law has been passed. After all it is a lot easier to breathe when there isn't clouds of smoke filling every room. I don't, however, think it should be ok for the government to say that private or family built and owned buisnesses have to be smoke free. The way I see it, if I bought a building and started my oun buisness from the ground up I would NOT accept being told that my place of buisness has to be smoke free. As the owner that should be my choice, and customers would know that if they don't like the smoke they won't come. But previous customers would know if smoking is allowed in a restaurant or buisness and therefore clientell would not be affected by a smoking ban. If they went there before then chances are they will go there after.
I think its okay, most people want to go outside and smoke anyway except when its extra cold outside. Second hand smoking effects people to though so I dont think thats a bad idea. I never mind going to a bar and going outside to smoke. Most places are making smoking rooms, where its a like a patio but its still kind of inside. So I dont think its going to be a big deal.
Justin Peacock 1:00
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