If this passes, and I hope it does, I can almost forgive NH for even considering banning smoking in public places this year. Almost. Because the libertarian in me doesn’t think personal choice should be legislatable. Making high end smoke eaters and perfect ventilation a requirement would make more sense. But I digress…
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May 26, 2007 at 4:52 pm |
The problem with the “perfect ventiliation” is that costs way more for a business than any perceived loss of customer base that smokes. That is wicked expensive to implement.
NYS has had the smoking ban in place for years. The bar owners, who griped and carried on, actually found that their business wasn’t impacted like they anticipated. People who drink don’t stop drinking just because they can’t smoke. And they get more people going out who didn’t before because of the smoke.
Keep in mind that even 9.5 years after I quit, I still want a butt in my hand when a beer’s in the other. But smoking is a hard one to call personal choice on, because it isn’t a self-contained choice. I can remember my sister’s asthma being so bad as a child she’d have an attack the second my grandparents lit up, even in the next room.