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Public spaces...if they're enclosed, I agree. As for the others, though... Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #1
Because employees shouldn't have to decide between their job and their health. Kurska Mar 2012 #2
I would never work in a coal mine Politicalboi Mar 2012 #3
Affordable Care Act CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #7
Holy slippery slope batman n/t Kurska Mar 2012 #13
No doubt CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #14
you're starting to veer into R talking points CreekDog Mar 2012 #65
No sale CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #72
Calling the government a "Nanny"? CreekDog Mar 2012 #73
"rich white female law students"? "rich Union Workers"? Wow. muriel_volestrangler Mar 2012 #74
Free Birth Control???????? Bandit Mar 2012 #85
Notice this was a REPUBLICAN Bill.. Bandit Mar 2012 #84
Coal mines are heavily regulated and a very niche economic function. Kurska Mar 2012 #12
"So if they don't like the smoke, they shouldn't apply for the job" is such a stupid argument leftyohiolib Mar 2012 #17
It's like my neighbors who insist on bbq-ing every single freaking day and the smoke drifts into my Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #54
That seems fair enough quakerboy Mar 2012 #21
You assume everyone has great choice in where to work. Bradical79 Mar 2012 #88
It's not just indoors, I think. It's public places. Public places include outside spaces. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #92
nevermind lost-in-nj Mar 2012 #70
Freedom is not in the Nicotine Nazi's vocabulary FreakinDJ Mar 2012 #4
Hey look how good it worked. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #15
You can have your nicotine all you'd like, anywhere you'd like. MADem Mar 2012 #36
So the view that doesn't kill millions of people is the Nazi one? nt Deep13 Mar 2012 #50
Your comparison demeans the victims of the Nazis... Deep13 Mar 2012 #51
I know, right? Mojorabbit Mar 2012 #62
What a stupid thing to say Bradical79 Mar 2012 #89
The state is promoting the reduction of smoking. Deep13 Mar 2012 #5
I am offended by obese people taking all the food. CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #8
someone ingesting sugar doesnt give me cancer- this is another one of those dumb false equivalencies leftyohiolib Mar 2012 #18
It not only doesn't give me cancer; also, it does not send a disgusting byproduct in my direction. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #28
It's like the disgusting burning of charcoal for bbq-ing. Some day we need to grow up as a society. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #55
Exactly obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #42
What does cooking over the charcoal grill do? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #56
not contain a fraction of the toxins and carcinogens in ETS for one. dmallind Mar 2012 #75
Plenty of toxins in charcoal Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #76
Plenty fricking more in ETS dmallind Mar 2012 #77
#1 to who? Not the person standing over the grill. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #79
You're right. Deep13 Mar 2012 #48
McWorms CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #52
I'd settle for not actively promoting destructive lifestyles. nt Deep13 Mar 2012 #53
speaking of banning... CreekDog Mar 2012 #66
I agree -- bars should not have been exempted obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #44
thanks nt Deep13 Mar 2012 #49
in CA it was banned in bars to save on workers' compensation CreekDog Mar 2012 #67
Or encouraging a whole new group of people woo me with science Mar 2012 #91
YES. Businesses should be able to opt out of regulations protecting the safety of employees. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #6
Eating meat CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #10
So if they gave masks to their employees then it would be alright? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #57
smoking = filthy drug addiction that poisons non-users as well nt msongs Mar 2012 #9
So, people who work in bars and casinos don't have the right to be safe BlueIris Mar 2012 #11
No...they don't CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #16
yes ...they do. go poison yourself in your car- smoking is not a right but my health is leftyohiolib Mar 2012 #19
Suppose I want to open up a restaurant called Smoker's Paradise Ter Mar 2012 #71
no i would not, it would be illegal here in California CreekDog Mar 2012 #82
I'm not saying it's legal in CA Ter Mar 2012 #83
Right. Because there are so many jobs out there. The economy being so good and all. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #23
Lol. Union Scribe Mar 2012 #29
I just went and read obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #46
Americans have a legal right to a safe workplace obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #45
And You're Working Toward Setting Up A Legal Clinic? (n/t) Paladin Mar 2012 #86
Sure they do. Just offer them masks like in any over hazardous environment. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #58
So do folks here ... ... bayareaboy Mar 2012 #20
Having grown up in Indiana... BeHereNow Mar 2012 #22
So its strange that the UK, Ireland, Italy, New York, and California all banned smoking in bars, Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #25
Closed down many small bars and pubs... Clames Mar 2012 #30
"The study also found the city's restaurants and bars prospered despite the smoke-free law" Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #34
In lots of places in Italy, they'll nudge/wink on that score. MADem Mar 2012 #37
Some of the Tobacco states have banned it in bars, too obamanut2012 Mar 2012 #47
Clearly, you have never visited small towns in Indiana... n/t BeHereNow Mar 2012 #63
no they won't. we did in CA years ago and things are open CreekDog Mar 2012 #68
Nice! (n/t) a2liberal Mar 2012 #24
A rare place that pro-health Democrats can line up with anti-vice Republicans. onehandle Mar 2012 #26
Just as it seems amazing today that at one time people could blow smoke in your face at the office, Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #27
Yep. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #43
Going outside to smoke doesn't bother me. davidthegnome Mar 2012 #31
+1! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2012 #33
The "employees shouldn't have to be forced to breathe smoke" argument is a little strange... jmowreader Mar 2012 #32
What about the ones who are not smokers? Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #35
that's unintelligible CreekDog Mar 2012 #69
Spam deleted by uppityperson (MIR Team) kopperlis123 Mar 2012 #38
Busboys with learning disabilities will get lung cancer Kolesar Mar 2012 #39
My personal experience with anti-smoking jerseyjack Mar 2012 #40
illinois has been smoke free since 2008 madrchsod Mar 2012 #41
Why not just offer them masks like every other hazardous facility? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #59
If restaurants allowing smoking were required to have all staff wear full respiratory apparatus, Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #60
you would probably just need a regular gas mask. oxygen tanks would not be required. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #61
How is "bar" defined in this bill? dmallind Mar 2012 #64
So you can only smoke if you're drinking or gambling? Iggo Mar 2012 #78
or anyhere not polluting the air breathed by the general public in enclosed spaces of course dmallind Mar 2012 #80
Can you not tolerate the notion that smokers may want to congregate in a convivial setting? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #81
Comrade, You Just Don't Get It RobinA Mar 2012 #87
Maybe bars for smokers They_Live Mar 2012 #90
This is like the restrictions on abortion. Restrictions on a legal activity, intended to... Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #93
But, but, but, excuse not to write Mar 2012 #94
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