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Originally Posted by retsuki03
The new ban would prohibit smoking at any indoor public place.
What are your thoughts on the issue?
I personally think, if it was good for businesses to ban smoking in their bar/restaurant, they would do it. No one is forcing people to go there, and if they don't like it, they can leave. The government should not be concerned here. It seems to me like an attempt to legislate utopia, rather than letting free people make their own decisions.
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1> Worker safety. The government often restricts what sorts of environments you can expose your workers to. Second hand smoke isn't safe.
I consider the above to be a strong arguement.
2> Go to an area with such rules. People go to night clubs and events just as much -- all the non-smokers who hate breathing smoke learn that it is now safe to have this lifestyle. Practically, there is a short turn finantial impact, in the long term it doesn't hurt business.
3> Bars cannot make themselves into 'free assult zones', where murder and beating people up is legal, even if there is a market for it. Smoking causes harm to others.
If smokers didn't pour carcinogens into the air, this law wouldn't even be considered.