On the cover of the local newspaper there are 2 gents proudly smoking in a public place, a pub, that they have specifically opened so that patrons can enjoy smoking while sitting at their table with friends and a cold beer.
For our non-Canadian readers, It is illegal certainly in Ontario and I think most of Canada to smoke in indoor public places. This includes restaurants, place of work, bars, etc.,. The law is clear, but as usual these guys believe they have found some loop hole worth exploiting.
Every day there is an update from Smiths Falls on these 2 and their defiance. Media tell us that authorities have yet to act and we get snipits or comments from local authorities but no action.
I think they should be allowed to stay open only if anybody who enters also surrenders their health card and immediately has to pay for health care for the rest of their shorter than expected life. It would not be long after that before insurance companies started canceling life insurance policies as well.
I am all for individual rights and freedoms.....only if I don't end up paying for them.
bayl
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Second hand smoke is now the big killer, right.
Well I can remember ashtrays on airplanes and people using them, does that mean these were the first acts of terrorism when people were smoking in reciculated air?
Actually, there's no proof that secondhand smoke kills anyone. Firsthand, yes. Secondhand, nope.
I know the whole ban on smoking at the work place was started by the waitress that is dying of lung cancer and yet never smoked a day in her life.
Walking through the smokers room at work gives me bad headaches and red eyes, and I use to smoke.
Correlation does not equal causation!!!
It's interesting to see the smoking ban's effects here in Quebec. Last week when it was cold, damp, rainy and all-around horrible, there were still people out on the terrasses where they are allowed to smoke. The waiters and waitresses looked really pissed off.
I am not and never have been a smoker, but I still find it odd to go to a bar or to a club to see a band and it's totally smoke-free. I am almost nostalgic for the olden days of the smoky bar.
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