Comments on: Drink Up And Snuff Your Butts

By: Lawrence johnson

Lawrence johnson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:10:35 +0000

Personally I’m not a smoker. I don’t think its good for me. But is this the place of the government to tell business what they can and cannot allow in their Places? I think business will do what is good for there customers without the intrusion of government. Please don’t take away our choices. It is what makes America a special place.

By: James Bond

James Bond — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:26:32 +0000

There are not many bars, relatively speaking, that permit smoking anymore. I am at a complete loss as to how someone who is offended in any way by smoke could possibly end up in a smoking bar.

By: JIMV

JIMV — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:42:38 +0000

Why don’t we just ban personal responsibility and freedom and get it over with.

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
– C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:39:24 +0000

This proposal is clearly a breach on civil liberties. And the idea that walking past a smoker on the greenbelt is going to harm me is rediculous.

That said, smokers should be taxed at a rate that actually covers their impact to the cost health care for non smokers.

$100 or $200 a pack should about cover it.

By: boisetaxpayer

boisetaxpayer — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:21:53 +0000

maybe ban alcohol and tobacco?? humm…there is a thought!

By: Casey

Casey — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:43:26 +0000

Smokers will not stop going to the bars just because they have to go outside to smoke, most already do that at home anyways. It will help to get non smokers into more bars, like myself, I have not been into a smoking bar since I had to bounce in one. It will also drastically improve the working conditions for many people who may have no other options for a job.

By: Support

Support — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:45:27 +0000

I am a smoker. A “fair weather” smoker if you will, mostly only when I’m out having a few cocktails w my girlfriends. I fully support this ban in bars and parks. Making me walk outside to smoke will inevitably make me smoke less. And really, who does that hurt? Absolutely nobody. And I would never think to smoke at a park, where children play, they don’t deserve to be at the behest of adults willing to poison themselves. I pray all bars become smokeless. Not only does that look out for healthy individuals, but for smokers as well. And really, what’s enjoyable about coming home and having all your clothes and hair smell like an ashtray?

By: Clippityclop

Clippityclop — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:45:40 +0000

The health costs of smoking are astronomical. Anything that makes it more difficult is A-OK with me.

By: James Bond

James Bond — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:25:00 +0000

Dumb idea. Government must have better things to do than this. There are countless numbers of non-smoking bars around. This is a total non-issue. Shealy is a goofball.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:06:37 +0000

Good way to clean the bums out of the parks and such, but the smokers will just drive farther to smoke in a bar that allows it. So this may lead to increase in drunk driving. The DUI task force focus has been on the easy pray trapped in the downtown area, so that will need a reworking too.