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Originally Posted by Martian
Cigarette smoke does stink, but I think the effects of second hand smoke are a bit overblown. I have difficulty buying that 5 second exposure to a bit of tobacco smoke on the street is likely to cause anyone long-term adverse health effects. Prolonged chronic exposure? Sure. If you live with someone who smokes three packs a day for twenty years you might have problems. But one night at the bar doesn't seem likely to kill anyone.
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If you happen to work in an establishment that allows smoking, you're probably in the prolonged chronic exposure.
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I'm against smoking bans for one reason and one reason only, which is that I believe the venue operator should be the one to make that decision. If the bar/club/restaurant owner wants to ban smoking in his establishment then that's one thing. For the government to do it for him is quite another.
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The government has regulated workplace exposure to toxic chemicals for a long time. I think that smoking bans make sense in this context.