[GOP_Lady]

For your information, my fellow Ohioans.

[GOP_Lady]

The infamous sign to be posted at every public location in the State of Ohio:

http://www.odh.ohio.gov/ASSETS/50F0940288AA4C57A44965B6543027FC/NoSmokingColor.pdf

[Admin Moderator]

The Announcements sidebar is reserved for FR business.

Not this.

AM

[Gabz]

Ohio voters overwhelmingly approved this law, giving me, as the director of health, the responsibility of implementing and enforcing this law. I take this responsibility seriously

If he took it so seriously, why the heck didn't he have the enforcement rules in place when it took effect?

What a perfect example of power going to people's heads.

[Right Wing Assault]

not able to levy any fines until the enforcement mechanisms are in place

This state of mine is so screwed up. Why would you not have this planned to be ready when the law kicks in or have the law start later when you are sure you are ready. That's what happens with a rush job.

Let me also go on record that it is a stupid law, even though I don't smoke.

[GOP_Lady]

All of you will be so PROOUD of me! :-) I was in the usual little restauant in downtown Cleveland during the lunch hour. The owner pointed to the "no smoking" sign he had to post and shook his head. Everyone in that little joint heard me say, "Call the number on the sign and report your fellow citizen. NAZIs." (I don't believe I actually did it.)

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Nightclubs and taverns will be hardest hit and their patrons will defy the ban. In Appleton, WI, which also banned smoking, bars simply substituted ashtrays for cups of water for smokers to discreetly dispose of their cigarettes.