Originally Posted by Jack The Ripper

Its a bull**** law. Ive already managed to quit, but i dont think the ban is appropriate.
There are smoking and non smoking places. The smokers dont go to the non smoking places and bitch about it.
The have been studys to show second hand smoke kills, and studys to prove that is bull****. they are all weighted by whatever side is doing the study.

Beer gets people drunk. Then the drunk person drives, and the drunk person hits a mom and her children and kills a mans entire family. It also drives up insurance rates, not just for the offender, but everyone. Trust me, a lot of what you pay for insurance is not paperwork and processing of your insurance, it is being used to pay somebody else settlement. Achohol also raises the potential for an individual to get into first fight, beat his wife, kill his neighbor, and commit suicide.

Fast food causes obesity, obesity comes with health risks, along with health risks come increased medical cost, increased medical cost is what medical insurance is so fuggin expencive. Woe to the asshole without a health plaan through work. If i had no health insurance plan provided by work i would pay 700 a month for the same level of coverage. Fast food can kill you faster than smoking. Poor Jonny goes to his graduation and unfortunatly his mom isnt there cause she ate fast food 24/7 and had a heart attack and also ****ed up jonny's life cause he has no knowledge of nutrition and will follow his mothers path.


The point is this, there are a lot of bad things out there, however, we should have the freedom to do them if we want. There have NEVER been any laws stating that places MUST allow people to smoke in them. There are PLENTY of non-smoking clubs and bars in denver. Every restaraunt offers a non smoking area, which is usually most of the damn restaraunt.

Tell ya what, i dont like looking at fat people. I got a bit of a gut dont get me wrong, but i am by no means obese. And i cant stand to look at somone who is obese. Sitting in a restaraunt watching some fatass shoved food into his mouth like it is the last meal they will ever have makes me lose my appetite.
So since i dont like looking at fat people, should we ban fast food and initiate a mandatory workout system for all people?

not trying to be a dick, but this non-smoking ban is rediculous. i quit because i am aware of the health risks and i already dont smoke at work, and dont smoke in my car, and dont smoke in my house, so, why smoke at all?

but it should be up to the ESTABLISHMENT to decide weather or not they want to allow smokers.

If they want to ban it outside, that still sucks, but the government telling small bars and clubs how to run thier business and what they should and should not allow? They are telling the bars that they will pay a fine if anyone comes in and uses a perfectly legal product in thier bar.

let it be up to the establishment. and if you dont want to be around smoke, go to a non smoking establishment. dont expect everyone to change thier livestyles because something annoys you...


EDIT: BTW, the law says it is perfectly find to smoke in your car with yer children there and the windows up. I think that is crappy, but its also crappy that people stuff thier kids full of fast food 24/7. it is not a 100% across all ban, you can smoke in yer car, the airport lounge, cigar shops, and your home.