Mass: Smoking ban hits a snag

MetroWest ^ | February 18, 2004 | Michael Kunzelman

[SheLion]

[Gabz]

Good for Senator Lees.

[SheLion]

Good for Senator Lees.

I know it! One fly in the anti's ointment. LOL!

[sergeantdave]

The new state slogan: "Marxistchusetts. Some butts are not okay."

[A. Pole]

Smoking would be permitted, however, in private clubs, certain areas of nursing homes, hotels and motels, "smoking bars" and retail tobacco stores. Religious ceremonies and performers in theatrical productions also would be exempt from the ban.

Smoking bars!

Sounds promising, how to find one?

[SheLion]

Sounds promising, how to find one?

That's what "I" was wondering. What's a difference between a "private club," and a "smoking bar?" No food??? I don't understand the spin "they" are putting on this.

Where ARE the smoking bars???

[Grit]

and performers in theatrical productions also would be exempt from the ban

This is an interesting exception. I wonder how they define "theatrical productions".

[freedomcrusader]

LOL! I envision an audience-participation play every evening: "And They All Smoked Until Dawn."

[beckysueb]

This push for smoking bans in the work place is so stupid. Most of them have them already. They act like people are too stupid to know when its too dangerous to smoke and nobody hardly ever lights up inside anymore. The place where I work, we make plastic parts which are cooked in huge ovens. It smells like burning tires. And toxic smoke belches out of these ovens all day in my face and they would try to tell me cigarette smoke is too dangerous in my place of work!

[Grit]

LOL! I envision an audience-participation play every evening: "And They All Smoked Until Dawn."

Exactly what I was thinking. Now to get the ACLU to defend our little piece of "performance art". Not to mention Federal Funding from the NEA.

[End Times Sentinel]

Why do Liberals have such disdain for property rights? 

 

If I want to open a restaurant where every last person in there must be in posseision of a lit cigarette at all times and have a rabid screamer monkey on their shoulder, that's my right.  Oh, I'll probably go out of business, but it's my choice and it shouldn't have to pass P.C. muster with some idiot liberal.

 

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

Why do Liberals have such disdain for property rights? 

If I want to open a restaurant where every last person in there must be in posseision of a lit cigarette at all times and have a rabid screamer monkey on their shoulder, that's my right.  Oh, I'll probably go out of business, but it's my choice and it shouldn't have to pass P.C. muster with some idiot liberal.

[tdadams]

How about, "Massachusetts: No butts, plenty of a$$holes."

[CSM]

Private property be damned! Let's just take the leap to socialism now!

[Mears]

You,ve got that right,a state full of loonies.

Yesterday's Globe also had an article on how they are going after people who avoid cig taxes by using the internet.They are actually going to the delivery companies for lists of their customers.This state is getting as bad as the Soviet Union.

Gays will be able to get married in May,but God help the poor smoker who wants to go out for an evening and smoke in a restaurant where the owner allows it.

[tdadams]

Yesterday's Globe also had an article on how they are going after people who avoid cig taxes by using the internet.

It's not just the state of Massachusetts. There is federal legislation under consideration right now that would ban any kind of cigarette purchases by mail order.

[CDHart]

Simple. Smoking will be allowed as long as you get a permit from the state. More revenue for the tyrants.

Carolyn

[SheLion]

Simple. Smoking will be allowed as long as you get a permit from the state. More revenue for the tyrants.

This has gotten WAY out of hand!

[CDHart]

"This has gotten WAY out of hand!"

Yes, it has. And there doesn't seem to be much we can do about it. As Claire Wolfe says, "It's too late to work within the system and too early to shoot the b#$%^&*s."

Carolyn

[talleyman]

"Smoke 'em if you got 'em" bump!