Allegheny County Council voted to ban smoking in all public places last Tuesday, and I, for one, couldn't be happier. I lived most of my 21+ years in NY where the ban is statewide. It made the club/bar experience so much better. Aside from the obvious health benefits, I could come home without having to stuff my clothing into a biohazard bag. So here's to a lower dry cleaning bill. YAH!!!!
Under most circumstances, I'm all for more freedom. In fact, I think all recreational drugs should be legal. Roe vs. Wade precluded a right to privacy with respect to our bodies, so that if you want to destroy yours, that's your choice. As long as I don't have to inhale your second hand smoke, drive next to your intoxicated ass on the road, or pay for your recovery, you can do as you please. We all share the same air, though. One smoker imposes his choice to smoke on everyone else in the bar who's decided against it. It's common courtesy not to, but that just doesn't happen. So I welcome the ban. Smokers blaze on! Just not around me.
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As another who has lived in NY since turning 21, I fully agree! It's so much nicer going to bars and only feeling the need to go out for fresh air because it's too hot, not because there's too much smoke to breathe. It still catches me off-guard when I go back to Erie and my sister drags me to the bar. Or when I walk into a restaurant and the host(ess) asks "smoking or non-smoking?" I think smoking bans are one of the healthiest laws the goverment can pass right now.
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