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Thread #113121   Message #2401137
Posted By: Big Mick
30-Jul-08 - 08:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: Tobacco Sales Banned in San Francisco
Subject: RE: BS: Tobacco Sales Banned in San Francisco
I don't understand banning a legal substance. That is ridiculous. Same thing in New Jersey. They banned cigarette smoking in bars, but left the exception of the casinoes in Atlantic City. Really hurt the bars across the street from the casino.

I hate being exposed to smoke against my will. I don't believe smokers have any rights where it affects my health. But this type of selective ban, just hurts the small business and shows the power of the big business lobby. If you don't have the stones to outlaw tobacco sales outright, then leave the ability to buy tobacco in place and ban outright the smoking of tobacco anywhere other than your own personal space, such as your auto or your home, or within say 100 feet of any door. That way you can have your cancer sticks, and I don't have to walk through it and be exposed to it.

Mick