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Across Pennsylvania, smoking ban becomes law
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| September 11, 2008
Posted on 09/11/2008 6:31:25 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Pennsylvania's statewide smoking ban, 15 years in the making in Harrisburg, became law today.
Cindy Thomas, executive director of Tobacco Free Allegheny, has provided answers to these questions about the new law, which bans smoking in most public places and is aimed at making the state's workplaces smoke-free.
What penalties does a person face if he or she is caught smoking in a place where smoking is prohibited?
The Clean Indoor Air Act provides for the following penalties:
The owner, operator or manager of the premises may be penalized for failure to post proper signs. Each offense can bring a fine of $250 to $1,000.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: nannystate; pennsylvania; pufflist; smoking; smokingbans
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Ahhhh, the nanny state. Thanks Fast Eddie.
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:32:55 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(Now you know why the needles on compasses point north - Sarah Palin.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
All those citizen sheep who support the Jihad on drugs—
your chickens have come home to roost.
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:34:23 AM PDT
by
Natchez Hawk
(We stand with you, Port Lavaca/ Corpus Christi)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Enjoy your freedom PA, what’s left of it.
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:34:45 AM PDT
by
unixfox
(The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Here in PA. the sheeple love to vote in Democrats who in turn raise taxes and fees while whittling away at your liberties and freedoms. And they don't even know why!!
Enjoy!
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:41:19 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Any day above ground is a good day.)
To: Red in Blue PA
You’ll get used to it. We’ve had this in Florida for over a decade................No smoking indoors, period, pretty much well covers it......
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:44:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(If you're not part of the solution, then you must be part of the government............)
To: unixfox
Looks like we are no longer the “Land of the free and the home of the brave”. Funny thing is, I'd wager that there are some freepers who support this. We have become so inured to living in a nanny state that too many of us accept it without question.
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:45:01 AM PDT
by
basil
(Support the Second Amendment-buy another gun today!)
To: Gabz
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:48:00 AM PDT
by
patton
(cuiquam in sua arte credendum)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Pennsylvania tyrants celebrate 9/11 by implementing Taliban-style morality. (I'm home in PA as I type this.)
"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber barons cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
~ C.S. Lewis ~
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:48:38 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
My smoke’s been banned everywhere for decades. Even in my own home. Let the cig smokers whine. Welcome to reality.
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:51:10 AM PDT
by
Huck
(Olbermann's a sissy. Just like Chrissy.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
When people quit smoking, what will they tax excessively next to make up the difference?
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:55:38 AM PDT
by
just me
(Liberals do not like children, and children are one of the reasons I like Sarah Palin.....)
To: Huck
Friend, you said it better than I could...
Uncle Sam step-off of the grass!
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:57:47 AM PDT
by
Natchez Hawk
(We stand with you, Port Lavaca/ Corpus Christi)
To: just me
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:58:59 AM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: rightwingintelligentsia; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; ...
Nanny State PING!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
09/11/2008 6:59:13 AM PDT
by
Gabz
To: basil
- We have become so inured to living in a nanny state that too many of us accept it without question.
There's the story about Lafayette, who during the French Revolution sprung the door of the Bastille to let out the political prisoners. Once out, the old men looked around, shied from the light, and slowly went right back to the cell, security's stranglehold.
America - a nation of tired, expended spirit, and the youth without a clue.
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:01:49 AM PDT
by
jnsun
(The LEFT: The need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Welcome to Amreika.
Where TRUE democracy means the tyranny of the majority.
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:05:05 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: just me
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:10:47 AM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: basil
Looks like we are no longer the Land of the free and the home of the brave. hence my tagline
It's a sad day again for business owners losing yet another right to run their businesses the way they want and cater to the people they wish
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:24:48 AM PDT
by
libertarian27
(Land of the Fee, Home of the Shamed)
To: just me
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:38:04 AM PDT
by
Diamond
To: Gabz
Hi, Gabz! Very nice to see you again, my dear. I hope all is well with you and yours.
I went to a casino is Erie yesterday. I asked them which 25% of the casino floor will be for smoking. Of course, it's the section which I never play.
It's a shame that they can't even allow one place where adults can be adults, especially when they have air filtration systems.
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posted on
09/11/2008 7:41:28 AM PDT
by
GOP_Lady
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