OK Smoking ban

[12stones]

Smokepiper, that's a great letter that everyone should copy and paste and send to their congressmen and women and senators.

[5thDan]

Originally Posted by PassThis

Things will eventually turn around, they can't keep taking away our freedoms.

Don't bet on it. Unless smokers unite and fight these bans and help to overturn the ones in place it will just keep getting worse and worse. We need to take a page from the NRA. They know that if they give an inch on any law its only time until they (the politicians) ask for another "small" change. Before you know it you end up with no rights. Time to wake up.

[12stones]

Originally Posted by 5thDan

Don't bet on it. Unless smokers unite and fight these bans and help to overturn the ones in place it will just keep getting worse and worse. We need to take a page from the NRA. They know that if they give an inch on any law its only time until they (the politicians) ask for another "small" change. Before you know it you end up with no rights. Time to wake up.

Here, here!!

[tazziedevil]

Originally Posted by VoteKinky06

Seems like a new state every day.......

As of January 1st, here in the little australian state of Tasmania a complete ban on indoor smoking went into effect. Now I can't smoke in clubs, pubs, tobacconists, or nursing homes. The old law used to be that you could smoke indoors, as long as the "smoking room" was a seperate room from the rest of the pub/club. That seemed like the ideal solution to me-the people who wanted to smoke could, and those who didn't want to be "Subjected" to the smoke didn't have to be. There wasn't a vote, it just "was" on January 1st.
Interestingly, there's a new political party on the rise in tazzie, a smokers rights party. I'll try to dig up the link to their homepage. Their platform calls for a complete repeal of the smoking ban, lower taxes on tobacco, that sort of thing. Guess who gets my vote?

[woodyw86]

springfield illinois just had it pass not to long ago which sux cuz i look forward to going to shoot some pool and enjoy a nice cigar with the guys its a regular thing with my group and now they are ruining it. it wont be bad when its warm and we can sit out back but when its cold theres only one cigar shop we can go in and enjoy nice cigars at i dont get how this can be constitutional i just cant imagine walking into a bar once it goes into effect and there not be any smoke itll be depressing just down right depressing