Smoking ban! Yippee!

[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.

[Fear_Nuclear]

I want to say that I agree that smoking should be banned for good. Get rid of it forever. There is nothing good that comes from it at all. Give me one reason to do it that has no con "You can't"... I been around smoke and it smells soooo bad it is very gross I can't stand it at all. If you are going to smoke do it somewhere else not in public places. Go outside, your car anywhere away from people who like to be healthy ( If you thank about it, it has to be hard to quit or there wouldn't be people out there wasting half of their paychecks for a pack of cigarettes. Try giving something you like up forever. (coffee, chocolate). But anyways keep that stuff away from me

[Pawsitive Thinking]

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

Well, the poor little souls suffer enough don't they???

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 quit.

It is very hard but I've now gone 3 years without a ciggie

[Lizzie]

I think it's wonderful. We now have a 25' no-smoking zone in front of buildings law in Seattle, I'm not sure if it's state-wide. Anyway, it certainly makes it more pleasant to walk into the campus library where I work since I don't have to walk through a wall of smoke first. They are trying to ban smoking on the entire campus, except in a few designated areas but I don't see how this is feasible. No-one can take a 10 minutes walk away from their workplace to smoke several times a day. Even if they do this on their break, they would only have time to walk there and back. Smoking is not illegal so they have to accomodate smokers in a reasonable manner.

Reading the posts about how hard it is to quit, and I had read before that it is particularly hard for women, makes me more glad than ever that I never tried it. There was plenty of peer pressure (I grew up in the '50's) but it looked rather silly to me instead of cool and smelled awful, so I just refused. I chose another "vice".

Someone from Argentina has mentioned that start of bans there. Are they in place in Australia and New Zealand yet? It's hard to imagine bans in East Asia, or has someone heard this is happening?

[Corinna]

I don't smoke in fact i am very allergic to smoke. But I don't like to have the gvernment telling me what and where I can or can't do. I feel that I know what is smoking and not so If I choose to go in I know whats there.

[Flatcoatluver]

I love them!!! My parents smoke and our trying to quit, and for me I hate having smoke in my food, so i am very happy!!!

[icedtea]

what good comes of smoking?? its banned in all places like pubs,restaurants in nznow.since last year. its pretty good. now they have to smoke outside.

[RICHARD]

what good comes of smoking?? its banned in all places like pubs,restaurants in nznow.since last year. its pretty good. now they have to smoke outside.

Here in SO CAL, one town has banned all outside smoking!

I am a casual smoker...I usually smoulder.....And while I do agree with some places out lawing smoking, I find it stupid that some establishments are not allowed to have smokers.....

Freedom of choice maybe?

[lizbud]

Smoking has been banned here in all public and government buildings.
Only exception is bars that serve drinks only & nobody under 21.It's
also banned in local jails & state prisons.

I am a smoker who does not object to smoking restrictions in all public
buildings.If I'm around non smokers, I just don't smoke.

[Cataholic]

Lillycat and I have a 'fave' restaurant, nearly equi-distant between our homes, and they have sweet potatoe french fries- WAH! We can say we are eating healthy, and no one can really say much (okay, you could say something, but, I am not going to listen). I never gave it much thought that there was smoking in the pub section. Until...until....I carried my infant son through that room....


Effective 3/1- smoking is no longer permitted in the establishment, and I am eternally thankful. While I can over look subjecting my 'mature' lungs to such toxins, I can't my baby's.

Like someone said above, smoke all you want, it is your health...but, when it effects mine? I want a say-so in the matter.

To those of you that smoke, I do think it is an addiction. I wish you strenght to overcome it, but, I realize the fight has to be yours.