Posted on 03/29/2013 10:39:35 PM PDT by South40
A state bill proposes a ban on smoking tobacco inside condos, duplexes and apartment units occupied by either renters or owners. If passed, California would be the first state that would regulate smoking inside people’s homes.
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LMBO!! Absolutely!
I'm going to go vote for it now..
The problem is that not all multiple dwellings are that air leak proof. Unfortunately, some people are very allergic to tobacco smoke. This is a really hard one to balance in fairness to everyone. California is not the only place where people are trying to put this into law.
Darn.. “Yes” is getting killed.
LOL!
I’m allergic to BS.
No, it goes beyond this, “allergic to tobacco smoke” is an excuse to deprive others of their choice to do what they want on their private property.
Also you can’t enforce this, there will be tons of fake calls just because someone doesn’t like someone, etc. Also where is the money going to come from to enforce this?
It’s just another BS reason to fine someone to collect money.
It's worse than that. Some buildings have to be equipped with fans that maintain elevated air pressure in stairwells. They also have airtight stairwell doors to keep that extra pressure in. However some people like to hold the door open and smoke in that stairwell. The smoke is then pushed by the airflow into the building, and - since it retains positive pressure - it penetrates into apartments and escapes through the vents there. As result, apartments near the stairwells become filled with smoke.
I lived in one such building some time ago, and I had to hermetically seal the door after I come through it, otherwise the apartment would have more smoke than smokers themselves have - all *their* smoke is blown away by the fresh air.
I don't smoke. In most situations I can distance myself from someone who smokes, and there is no need to force the smoker to stop. He has his freedoms, I have mine. In that building, however, it was pretty bad. Once one smoker leaves, another shows up. I haven't signed up to live in an apartment that gets filled with tobacco smoke for most of the day by teams of smokers. I left the place as soon as I could.
California is jealous that New York was named the state with the least freedom.
I smoke in the hosue while I play piano and ash where convienent. Outside, I flick butts out into the yard and smash them if they look like a prospective forest fire.
My property. My yard. My piano. My ashtray. My lungs.
Anybody that wants me to do different can see the stern and uncaring junior NCO that is my child.
Otherwise... I'll dance with 'em.
johnny
I meant, they say things like “don’t smoke near my yard”, “smoke over there” etc. I never smoke within the legal range of “entrances” or on private property unless the person is okay with it.
But yea, in my yard they go in a tray or wherever, but out in public I don’t throw them on the ground.
I agree with you completely, no one has any right to say what we do on our own property, as long as it isn’t hurting anyone.
Folks that know me don't test me on this stuff because I will not comply. Period.
I hate having to be 'in your face' with it because that's not my natural way, except when certain bootheads get stupid about being control freaks. Then?
I'm all good with being a giant pain in the ass. It cleanses the soul and eases the spirit.
/johnny
They can ban cigarette smoking at home right after they ban incense burning.... and candles.... and fireplaces.... and grease fires. Might as well add forest fires in CO.
Commiefornia . . .
Nanny State PING!
Who cares what the stupid people say,
The state knows best.
NO smoking cept marijuana of course.
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Doesn’t this law discriminate against people who don’t own their own detached home? A smart lawyer can take that ball and run with it, tie it up in expensive litigation for years.
I don’t permit smoking in my home but I don’t think the government should have any say.
“Doggie Valium” 2mg ought to calm them down a bit. LOL.
Of course California should ban smoking tobacco inside homes. For one, that action would be consistent with their "Alice in Wonderland" approach to green energy, tax increases to pay for illegals, and other repressive and unsupported governmental actions.
Why would they want to start to use common sense?
I have been hasseled about smoking in outdoor places. I tell them to go fornicate with themselves and then flick the butt at them and light up another one.
They will need to install cameras in every room to make sure people do not smoke or used the dreaded N-word.
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