Why is a "great restaurant" in Cleveland in the heart of hooker- ville?// I suppose your death cerificate will read pneumonia instead of smoking.// Billy somebody had a poem about smoking after sex but I guess I misfiled it.
On Mar 14, 6:10 pm, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL!! I went out to dinner with friends a few weeks ago. We went to this > great restaurant downtown (Cleveland) and after dinner I went outside to > have a cigarette and there I am - standing in the freezing cold - on a > corner with hookers - smoking!! I actually considered quitting at that > point but NAH! > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rigsy03" <[email protected]> > To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 06:39 > Subject: Re: Smoking bans at restaurants are more of a workplace health > issue > > I must admit I have trouble with another smoker' s exhaled smoke in > close quarters. I never thought I would wind up on decks or street > corners like a trollop, however. And the packing away of gorgeous > cases, ashtrays and lighters seems cruel. White walls and pages soon > turn into parchment and my daughter claims the scent travels an ocean > and sea after a visit. > > On Mar 14, 7:50 am, NavyBrat <[email protected]> wrote: > > I smoked for thirty years when I finally gave them up 10 years ago. I > > gave them up for three reasons, I was sick of smoking, the cost was > > becoming prohibitive, and last but most important for making me want > > to quit......being made to feel like a scumbag looser. I was thrilled > > when the restuarants and bars and casino's here went smokeless. > > Especially restuarants because even as a smoker I hated smelling smoke > > when I was trying to eat. Personally I don't use the excuse of workers > > having to suffer health problems from working in smoking > > establishments. I am up front non apoligetic that I love not smelling > > smoke and having it clinging to my clothes and sinuses when I left a > > 'smoking establishment'. I'm sorry if it bums out the smokers. I had > > my social backlash to deal with, now you have your own kind of > > backlash to deal with. Your freedoms don't out freedom mine. ;). > > > On Mar 12, 11:23 am, Philobealo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > from my local paper > > > > With regard to the recent letters about smoking bans at restaurants > > > and other public accommodation venues, I would prefer to think of it > > > not as an issue of freedom of economic choice for the restaurant > > > owner. I prefer to think of it as an issue of workplace health and > > > safety. > > > > As long as leading health experts not funded by tobacco companies are > > > in agreement that smoking and second-hand smoke are indeed injurious > > > to the health of those affected by both, it would behoove government > > > to set the health and safety requirements for people who do not smoke > > > but find themselves employed by these venues. > > > > The person working in such venues should not have to choose between > > > keeping their job or their health. I, for one, would not want my tax > > > dollars paying for the health care of a person who wished only to work > > > for a living, but ends up contracting a smoking-related illness. A ban > > > on smoking in public venues is not an intrusion on private enterprise > > > as much as it’s minimal government interference in a personal habit > > > that affects the health and pocketbooks of innocent citizens. > > > > Robert Munro, Angleton- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
