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In article <2rab0o$a7k@krishna.cs.umd.edu>,
Harry Mantakos <harry@cs.umd.edu> wrote:
>
>By some amazing coincidence, I've found that smokers tend to think
>this is a dumb law, and non-smokers tend to think it is a good one,
>so it's hard to give an objective opinion on this one. I'm a non-smoker,
>though, so the law is a good one and you're wrong. :-)
>

Weeelllll....I don't smoke any more and I think that its a dumb law. Why? 
First of all, the market should decide these things. Secondly, I would 
venture to guess (from my experience as both a waiter and bartender) that 
something like 75% of all bar employees smoke, so second-hand smoke isn't 
really an issue to them. Finally, I think that its really funny how so 
many people get up in arms over second hand smoke which, these days, they 
are rarely exposed to, yet seem pretty complacent in the face of the many 
more dangers that other environmental pollutants present--automobile 
exhaust, industrial emissions, food additives, water contamination, etc. 
This goes hand-in-hand with the irony of McDonalds & TacoBell being 
"smoke-free." The food in these places is probably way more harmful in 
the long run than the chance of inhaling some second-hand smoke for 15 
minutes or so. Saturated fats, low-quality hormone injected meat, and 
starchy, processed-flour buns are probably more harmful than not. 
Banning smoking is an easy, quick, cosmetic solution ignoring the much 
larger health threats facing the country. Eating at a smoke-free Mickey 
Dee's is kinda like joggin behind an MTA bus.

Sean