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Originally posted by spookyfish
I think these policy matters are much more appropriately addressed by the management of the establishment than by the local lawmakers. Besides, most establishments of a certain size have made arrangements to accomodate both groups without infringing (too much) on the rights of either one.
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There's a third group, though, that ends up being inadequately represented - the employees who have to inhale the stuff for eight to ten hours per day. I know that, at least where I am, that has been the main driving force behind attempts at bans.
I smoke like a fish ("smokeyfish"?) and would hate to sit in a non-smoking bar, but I do understand that I'm sitting in someone's workplace, and OSHA doesn't allow me to release much smaller concentrations of lesser bad things in the normal work setting, so the cig smoke ban doesn't strike me as an overreach.
