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tritsofme

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15. I found out this weekend that smoking is banned in outdoor patios at Chicago bars and restaurants

Reply to XemaSab (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2013, 02:07 PM

Jul 2013

We're not smokers, but this is getting absurd.

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No More Tyranny Of The Smoking Minority [View all] XemaSab Jul 2013 OP

Treat smoking like urination. Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #1

LOL...trying banning smoking weed in Arcata! TransitJohn Jul 2013 #2

I dunno. From a respiratory and olfactory annoyance standpoint, kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #7

In Texas, smokers pay for education. Downwinder Jul 2013 #3

Because heaven forfend the tax payers take the hedgehog Jul 2013 #9

You're joking, right? Does your claim let property tax payers off the hook? bluestate10 Jul 2013 #23

If smokers disappear entirely, they'll just find another way to pay Aristus Jul 2013 #10

One more reason why Texas is a place that I wouldn't live in. Can't wait for democrats bluestate10 Jul 2013 #24

Texas has hundreds of millions in new revenue from Ilsa Jul 2013 #28

I am not a smoker and never have been and I don't like the smell iemitsu Jul 2013 #4

+10000 n/t janlyn Jul 2013 #5

Have people spend an hour in a closed room with a car running The Straight Story Jul 2013 #8

It goes back to controlling what others do that we don't like. hedgehog Jul 2013 #11

No; fast food, guns, pit bulls, smoking, breastfeeding, abortion, and olive garden The Straight Story Jul 2013 #12

And don't even get me started on corn-flake fried chicken!1!! pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #13

And its easier to attack individuals than corporations, iemitsu Jul 2013 #14

Yeah, we are being played - again The Straight Story Jul 2013 #17

Sounds like you've got the story straight. iemitsu Jul 2013 #29

It's a good way to distract from the real causes of air pollution though. You have to the Corporate sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #25

Corporations have figured out how Public Relations works. iemitsu Jul 2013 #30

I'm experiencing displeasure just reading this OP. Does that count? Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #6

I found out this weekend that smoking is banned in outdoor patios at Chicago bars and restaurants tritsofme Jul 2013 #15

Not absurd. Do you understand how far cigarette smoke can penetrate. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #21

It is absurd. former9thward Jul 2013 #37

Why don't they ban alcohol too if we're going to pretend we care about anyone in this country? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #26

Or guns? iemitsu Jul 2013 #31

Yes, let's ban everything that offends someone?? Why not? I have a list, how about you? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #39

I can come up with one. iemitsu Jul 2013 #41

i was a light smoker years ago markiv Jul 2013 #16

E-cigs. Done. gulliver Jul 2013 #18

I am willing to accept smaller steps. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #19

Perhaps cigarette manufacturers should be required to iemitsu Jul 2013 #34

Are you going to block off your exhaust so I don't have to breath it? former9thward Jul 2013 #38

Good point. iemitsu Jul 2013 #42

Body hair and breastfeeding and now smokers... LadyHawkAZ Jul 2013 #20

I don't smoke anymore - but a little bit of smoke coming from several feet away is not going to Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #22

+1 burnodo Jul 2013 #27

"unless they want to be bothered" & oh boy, do they want to be bothered. HiPointDem Jul 2013 #33

Speak for yourself. I can smell smoke from over 15 feet away taught_me_patience Jul 2013 #35

all kinds of things annoy and irritate me - but I learned a long time ago not to bully other people Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #44

Make sure you don't get close to any incense burnodo Jul 2013 #46

more from the lifestyle nazis HiPointDem Jul 2013 #32

I wish I could breathe clean air down town ... surrealAmerican Jul 2013 #36

The ban on smoking in bars and restaurants has worked, and worked nicely alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #40

Anyone who wants to smoke is welcome at our house. They don't go to bars where smoking is not sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #43

Part of the reason for my handle is that I ride a bike Fumesucker Jul 2013 #45