Poll: Two-thirds of Wyoming voters support statewide smoking ban

casper star tribune ^ | 10/20/07 | N/A

[antiunion person]

Looks like libs from California and New York are invading the Midwest. Personnally, I’m for no smoking in eating establishments but there should be NO ban all other places. I bugs the hell out of me when someone smokes next to where I am eating. It’s just common decency and common courtesy NOT to smoke around people who are eating. My opinion for what it’s worth.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

....better ban those killer cars too.

Plus those killer cars are spewing first hand exhaust that we are forced to breathe!

[xcamel]

I’m betting not one business owner was asked, but all the libretards at ScarBucks were included...

[darkangel82]

ping

[darkangel82]

Next will be mandatory glorification of the homosexual lifestyle in kindergarten.

Already happening in MA.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Well, all those wonderful voters voted in a smoking ban here in Florida, except stand alone bars, without ever thinking about what it did to the owners of the establishments. Lot of wonderful businesses went out of business or had to spend a ton of money adding outdoor screened rooms for smokers.

BTW, Montana just enacted a smoking ban indoors. Must be something to go outside in below zero weather to have a smoke!

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Over and Over and Over And Over And Over And Over And,,,,,,,,,,,,,,:0/

[microgood]

Already happening in MA.

How far we have fallen in just a generation or two.

[xcamel]

I'm from NY - we did it nearly first. now all they do is whine about not getting enough 'cig taxes' "for the children"

...if the children are so sick and need so much healthcare - make them start smoking....

[Wallace T.]

Now if legislation like this can happen in Wyoming then we can conclude that a strange and evil critical mass has been reached.

When nanny statism takes a hold of a state with only one city larger than 50,000 and where the only two liberal outposts are Jackson Hole (rich outsiders and the transient arts crowd) and Laramie (state university), your fear is well grounded.

[Old 300]

Limited government is a forgotten value for Americans?

[darkangel82]

Apparently so, unfortunately.

[timm22]

...conservatives regularly go to the voting booth and freely vote to ban smoking.

Unfortunately, ignorance concerning property rights is so pervasive these days that even conservatives fall prey to bogus appeals like this.

Sad, don't you think?

[RightWhale]

Here in Alaska the 220,000 acre tundra fire goes on and on and on and smoke is in the air month after month. Wyoming should ban that, too.

[mylife]

Like 3 wolves and one sheep voting on whats for lunch.

[Freedom4US]

Look who paid for the poll. That’s all you need to know.

Notice that “majority rules” is the implied factor here - they buy a poll to reflect the “will of the people.” So called liberals are quick to exploit the gullibility of the public who are always quick to cave when the “majority rules” rhetoric gets trotted out, implied or otherwise.

Of course when an honest reflection of public sentiment doesn’t follow the party line say, with respect to illegal immigration, then public sentiment can be safely ignored. Since this stuff is being ram-rodded through, they hope no-one will notice. They usually don’t, but just wonder ‘what the hell just happened.’ Excellent example of how the left runs circles around everyday normal folks.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

I was in Montana in August and the smoke from the forest fires was stifling. I blamed the state, but they wouldn’t do anything about it, so I lit a cig to help.

[trumandogz]

Yes, there is ignorance concerning property rights however, I do not think that is what is driving the anti-smoking popular opinion in the US. Instead, anti smoking opinion and legislation is driven by the decline in the percentage of smokers in the U.S.

The decline in smoking rates is driven by health concerns and by the negative stereotype associated with smoking. Thus the only way to stop more and more jurisdictions from banning smoking is to remove the stigma from smoking and convince people that smoking in not bad for your health.

[Freedom4US]

I noticed that too - I’ll be minding my own business, smoking a cigarette, and some clown starts eating a steak right nearby. /s

[freekitty]

And who polled this?