[Mpls] Statewide Smoking Ban

[Tom Madden]

I too will be out much more now.

I must admit, I do not understand the thinking that smokers will no longer
go out because they can't smoke.  I don't believe that will be the case.
Will they just stay home instead?  Doubtful. Most smokers I know don't smoke
in their own houses anyway.  They go outside their own house to do that.

And as for them going to another county (as this is Hennepin - not just
Mpls), perhaps that could occur around the borders, but not likely
elsewhere.  I prefer to walk to my local watering holes rather than drive.
I suspect there a large number of smokers who feel the same.

While I still philosophically haven't come to a decision whether I think it
is right for government to go down this road, at least I'll be able to
debate it with my friends without coughing.

Tom Madden
Lowry Hill

On 3/3/05 1:29 AM, "David Strand" <mncivil at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hmmm... this issue is not likely to go away as
> yesterday Rhode Island became the seventh state to
> pass a comprehensive statewide ban more similiar to
> the strict version still alive in the Minnesota State
> Senate.
> 
> I for one will be visiting nightclubs, bars and
> restaurants in Minneapolis and Hennepin County far
> more frequently following the ban than I did
> previously precisely because they will know be
> accessible to me since I have become able to be in
> smoky environments without becoming seriously ill(due
> to respiratory allergies).
> 
> I love to go out clubbing and out to eat but it's not
> worth a three day recovery time involving lots of
> antihistamines, inhalers, and missed work which is
> what it has come to for me personally.
> 
> I will feel far more socially free in Minneapolis and
> Hennepin with the coming ban and look forward to it
> with anticipation.
> 
> 
> 
> David Strand
> --- Michael Thompson <mthomps at mninter.net> wrote:
>> Thanks be to G-d above that this silly legislation
>> went exactly where it
>> should, in the proverbial ashcan (pun intended).
>> 
>> Maybe the Minneapolis city council will realize that
>> their efforts to
>> "protect workers" really put them out of step with
>> rationality. On second
>> thought, I doubt it.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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