smoking bans

It is a form of assault through poisons inflicted on your fellow man. It kills others slowly, but still kills them, ad kills the smoker itself. Assualt and suicide are already illegal so the precedent is already there. It's not enough to publicly ban it, it should be probable cause for the law...

The healthcare industry is one of few sectors of the economy that is still adding workers in the last decade. In fact it's the fastest growing sector. But increasingly it's an industry that is closed to smokers, even if they don't smoke on the job. Hospitals Shift Smoking Bans to Smoker Ban...

There are a couple of rules that are being re-enforced here at my office building. Both of which I think are dumb. I wanted to see if maybe I was being out of line by thinking so: 1). The entrance way to my office has an awning. During the winter months, or when it's raining in the warmer...

http://vancouver.ca/parks/info/smokefreeparks_faq.htm This seems completely arbitrary and pointless to me. I don't smoke, never have smoked (well, tobacco anyway), and find it displeasing when someone around me is smoking. But seriously, wtf? The smoke passes in seconds and nobody is harmed...

The Toronto Star has an interesting article discussing a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study looked at hospital admissions over a 10 year period in Toronto. That period covers from before the 1st phase of the smoking ban was put in, through the 2nd and 3rd...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/09/navy.smoking.subs/index.html?hpt=Sbin The last time I heard of a banning smoking on submarines below decks was back in the late 90's when the Commanding Officer of the USS Indianapolis did so. Some of the Sailors complained to the squadron commander and they...

LINK The Ontario Government has decided to introduce legistlation this spring to ban smoking in a car if children under the age of 16 are present. The offence will carry a fine, likely of up to $200. The province of Nova Scotia already has such a ban. Sounds like a good idea to me. And...

Link From another article, it appears that they will begin testing current and potential employees for the presence of nicotine in their systems - although they say that the job status of current employees will not be affected by the results. Of course, along with my many other questions, how...

Not only do I have to deal with the financial situation of most of my customers having lost their jobs to illegal mexican invaders, now we got a statewide no smoking policy in bars No more bands When tempe and mesa passed these laws, their clubs dried up and their music scenes died Now its...

January 16, 2006 - New Jersey's governor has signed a new law banning smoking in most public buildings. Richard Codey signed the Smoke-Free Air Act on Sunday. Beginning April 15th, smoking will be illegal in private office buildings, bars, restaurants, and other public places. But smokers...

It looks like we'll be seeing some kind of ban on smoking in public in the UK soon. Today, doctors have attacked opponents of the ban for "peddling myths" about the issue. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4489463.stm Apparently, these opponents claim that the risks of passive smoking are...

The big city outside Blackswamp (Toledo, OH) has enacted a local smoking ban on public restaurants and bars over a particular size. I do not smoke, and actively encourage friends to quit, but this smoking ban seems ill conceived and intrusive. A "goody goody ism" the part of local government...

See this linkhttp://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-052003smoke_lat,1,3941638.story?coll=la%2Dhome%2Dheadlines A global ban on tobacco was stopped partly by the U.S. Thank goodness. People just don't get it. We now only have two drugs that are easily accessible and make us feel...