Towns could get more control over smoking

Chicago-Sun Times ^ | April 12, 2005 | DAVE MCKINNEY

[kahoutek]

Would you have a problem with a lounge, bar or other privately owned enterprise posting a notice that it is a 'smoking allowed' place of business?

Or should we just go to the wall and ban tobacco throughout the country just to satisfy non-smokers.

[winston2]

Re:
Or should we just go to the wall and ban tobacco throughout the country just to satisfy non-smokers.


Reply:
All that health conscious non-tobacco smokers want is clean air in the areas that we visit. The problem is that burning tobacco and breathing part of that smoke is probably the most inefficient means of consuming a substance. Maybe oral tobacco use isn't so bad.

For years I've been involved in promoting limiting places tobacco can be combusted. Somthing pleasantly suprising that I have noticed is that many tobacco addicts feel that they are being helped to overcome tobacco use by the restriction in places that they can burn tobacco.

Wouldn't it be a beautiful world if there were duplicates of everyplace that you can think of: one [smoking] and one right beside it [no smoking allowed]. It probably just isn't pratical.