I think smoking bans in public places are great. I remember the way it was here before the smoking ban. The fact is that prior to the ban non-smoking bars did not exist. There was no such thing as a non-smoking bar and thus if we ever wanted to go out we had to go into bars that had a ton of smoke. To make matters worse all of these bars had poor ventilation (unlike big casinos in Vegas) and thus the smoke would build up and become intolerable. I am very sensitive to smoke, just being around someone smoking for a few minutes will give me a cough for the day, going to a bar where there is smoking would make me sick for a week. Now that there is a smoking ban bars are very pleasant.
If you want to smoke go ahead just don't do it around me.
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