Smoking ban! Yippee!

[Vela]

I love the smoking bans, and yes I used to be a smoker. long time ago. I don't mind others smoking if that is what they choose to do, I beleive in each to their own, which is precisely why I like the bans. I don't think those who choose not to smoke should be forced to inhale it and risk cancers and other illness issues such as allergies and asthma due to it. I know smokers often think they are bieng picked on but they can choose to smoke or not smoke, those who don't can't choose not to inhale it if it's everywhere. Although I do think they should make provisions for those to do want to smoke, perhaps a separate location outside with at least a windbreak or a covered place to do it so they aren't forced to be out in harsh weather if they choose to do it.

[Suki Wingy]

Let's hope Chicago is next! According to statistics, I've already had enough second hand smoke that I might as well have been smoking a pack a day for 3 years I'm allergic to it too.

[lady_zana]

I love them too......if smoking was only harmful to yourself it would be one thing.....but since if you're smoking you can harm others by second-hand smoke, then I'm all for banning it in public places.

[Miss Z]

I too am really glad of the ban. I hate walking into places that absolutely reek of smoke, and it'll certainly reduce the number of people who suffer from passive smoking

[BC_MoM]

I think it's really hard for the people who smoke to quit. Until you smoke and get addicted, you can't even begin to imagine how hard it is to quiet.

Both of my parents are heavy smokers. My Uncle keeps pestering them and saying he knows how hard it is to quit, but he's never smoked so he doesn't.

I don't think it's fair to ban smoking completely from public.

But that's just my personal opinion. Sorry if I have offended anyone.

PS - No, I'm not a smoker.

[Denyce]

I am all for the smoking bans. I will be glad when it is everywhere. I also think there should be a peremeter ban around the doorways of restaurants and other such establishments. I don't appreciate having to walk through the cloud of smoke to get inside.

I was a smoker and I quit. It isn't as hard as smoker's make it out to be. It is easier than losing weight and often people will be more tolerant of smoker's than of the morbidly obese. At least with smoking you can stop doing it entirely. You don't have to keep having a little bit in order to survive like with food. When trying to lose weight you can't just quit food cold turkey..(no pun intended ) you have to eat something in order to stay alive. With cigarettes you can just stop. Yes...you can. You just have to make the decision to do so. Those that haven't quit haven't been able yet to make that decision. In my not so humble opinion and experience with both.

Denyce

[Edwina's Secretary]

Denyce...may I suggest you consider a career in drug counseling? You could tell all those heroin addicts they just need to make the decision to quit.

[moosmom]

The newspaper I used to work for, The Hartford Courant, has a smoking room. It's completely enclosed. Or they can go out on the deck outside (which I didn't like because there was still second-hand smoke). Of course the walls are yellow (eeewww!!)

I smoked for about a year, only a pack a week. That was over 20 years ago.

If people want to kill themselves putting that nasty crap into their lungs, that is THEIR choice. I don't need them choosing for me for inhale that junk.

I'm all for the smoking ban. They should've done it a LONG time ago. But then again, they didn't know about secondhand smoke thing back then either.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I am all for the smoking bans. I will be glad when it is everywhere. I also think there should be a peremeter ban around the doorways of restaurants and other such establishments. I don't appreciate having to walk through the cloud of smoke to get inside.

I was a smoker and I quit. It isn't as hard as smoker's make it out to be. It is easier than losing weight and often people will be more tolerant of smoker's than of the morbidly obese. At least with smoking you can stop doing it entirely. You don't have to keep having a little bit in order to survive like with food. When trying to lose weight you can't just quit food cold turkey..(no pun intended ) you have to eat something in order to stay alive. With cigarettes you can just stop. Yes...you can. You just have to make the decision to do so. Those that haven't quit haven't been able yet to make that decision. In my not so humble opinion and experience with both.

Denyce

I don't agree with you at all. I have been a smoker for a long time and have wanted to quit for just as long. Quitting smoking is HARDER than quitting heroin. It is not something you can just give up with no reason. You have to be 100% commited to quitting. Maybe it was easy for you, but for me - it is very hard to quit when I have so much stress in my life...

For me, if I don't have my morning cigarette - I will sweat, have tremors and be extremely irritable. The only way to cure that is to take a drag. Quitting would help to, but my loved ones around me are who I would take my anger out on.

I'm all for the smoking bans as well!

[Killearn Kitties]

So it was passed anyway? Even though Tony bottled the decision before?

They've exempted prisons??? You mean there will be more freedom inside prison than out???