Originally posted by Matt R:
Ah. Come into New York. Already done. New York has banned smoking in all public buildings... schools, malls, bars,... all that stuff. Anyone that wants to smoke has to be 50ft from any building. I love the law, and am glad because they are really enforcing it... $50 fine every time you don't comply. Same thing with the cell phone law, I'm glad they enforce it.



I dunno about that 50ft rule. EVERYONE smokes right outside their building, and most clubs/restaurants have some sort of outdoor smoking lounge, and they are certainly not 50ft away from the building.

You can't fight the rest of the world, but I leave you with this. You always see those stupid commercials telling you "50,000 people die each year from second hand smoke." Well, how many people die every year from the exhaust of millions upon millions of cars in the us? Pollution from factories, power plants, etc.? Burning garbage? Yes, in alot of states you're supposed to burn your garbage...not to mention full fledged incinerators. Mysteriously, there's no statistics on that. Go figure...

I recently went to vegas where you can smoke EVERYWHERE, and I have to say, it was everything i thought it could be. Sittin at a slot machine, drinkin' my corona and smoking my newp as I won $600. Ah yes, good times.

And also, there was no noticeable stink upon walking into a building with smokers in it, nor restaurants. And yes, I asked my cousin's who don't smoke. So, apparently proper ventilation isn't that hard to achieve.

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