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Originally Posted by Craig T
My Pet Peeve is that the government tells business owners of restaurants and bars that they can't do what they want in their own business.
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I think you really miss the point. It is about health and safety of workers and guests. The government tells private business all the time about stuff like this. From safety ropes to breathing masks to proper ventilation to required safety equipment, it is pretty standard. Second hand smoke has been shown to be dangerous, actually more dangerous than smoking (because those of us inhaling the second hand stuff don't get a filter, the smokers do). It is an issue of making businesses and workspaces safe for the workers and the members of the public who come to those establishments.
Trying to make it out as some afront to your personal rights is laughable, because you forget the rights of all of those people who don't smoke.
Tell you what, when we are in a restaurant together, you light up, and I will come piss on your table, because I should have the right to piss freely without the government or some dumb business guy telling me where I should piss.