[Gabz]

This has nothing to do with wether I wish to smoke or you do not wish to be around it.......it has to do with the desire of the owner as to the clientele he wishes to cater........and from the numbers presented here, and numbers many of us have been posting over the years, smoking bans are detrimental to business.......in other words, your selfishness has hurt a small business man.......I hope you are proud of yourself.

As to not liking a state that resticts smoking and moving.............I used to live in Delaware.....i no longer do........and that smoking ban passed before NY's....I saw first hand how the ban devastated the businesses of many of my friends. The anal retentive anti-smokers who insisted they would go out more when the ban was passed never materialized - typical liberal selfish socialists - do as I say not as I do.

Open your own smoke-free place if it means so much to you an leave small business people alone.

[EGPWS]

Open your own smoke-free place if it means so much to you an leave small business people alone.

Surely he can find a place somewhere with his self professed "worldly knowledge"!

[Lucky Dog]

in other words, your selfishness has hurt a small business man.......I hope you are proud of yourself.

I am, thank you.

Open your own smoke-free place if it means so much to you an leave small business people alone.

In deed, I, now, do have my own small business. It is smoke free and that hurts it, so be it.

...typical liberal selfish socialists...

Exactly how is it that you can call someone a selfish socialist who merely wishes to breathe unpolluted air? How is it that it is not the smoker that is not being selfish?

[Ditter]

Gabz, I must step in here and make a comment. I hate to, because I have been getting along with my smoking freeper friends pretty well lately, but I must. You said "in other words, YOUR (meaning non smoker) selfishness has hurt a small business man". How can you say that, it is the smoker who has abandoned his friends in the bars and restaurants in affected areas. I have heard all of you say "I'm not spending my money if I can't smoke there, I am going to eat/drink/socialize at home". The bans weren't your idea to be sure, but it is you who have stopped spending money and the small business men are going broke in your states. You could still eat out, even if you can't smoke there to keep these business open. You can't do without a cigarette long enough to eat? Don't blame the non smokers for the downturn, we are eating out all the time.