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Updated: 6:14 PM Nov 21, 2008
Statewide Smoking Ban Considered
Jackson, Miss. In Mississippi, thirty cities have smoking bans in place. There is a push now for a statewide ban. Posted: 5:19 PM Nov 21, 2008Reporter: Jon Kalahar Email Address: jkalahar@wlbt.net |
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A smoking ban is rediculous unless you ban the product first. Quit picking on the consumer and go after the big tobacco producers. Ban the sell then you want have to ban the use!!
Oh Please!! Of all things that Mississippi needs to worry about its not a smoking band! How about producing Jobs and getting the 75% of people off WELFARE! Mississippi has always been backwards and I see they are still heading that way.
I love it i can go out and eat and not have a smoker blowing smoke the smell is bad vote no smoking the bars and restarants are closing because people don`t have jobs not the smoking ban
I think the ban is a great idea! We as non smokers should have the right to not be subjected to the smoke. Just as you as smokers have the right to smoke. We are not taking it from you, we just dont want to have to smoke with you. Do it in your own air, not everyone elses.
I AGREE WITH LISA,GIVE IT A REST..HOW COME WE DO NOT SEE ALL THE CONCERENED AND COMMENTS ON CRIME IN OUR AREA...WELL...HHEEELLOOO!! THIS JUST MAKES ME SICK...
It is have been PROVEN that Smoking does NOT cause cancer.....it ONLY can contribute to cancer cells one already posesses!!! However, the hype from the media and elsewhere has people believing otherwise. Why aren't they going after people who ude cell phones and drive? I know of NO ONE who ever killed someone by smoking and riving, yet as a former Nurse I know of others who have killed people because they were too busy having a conversation on their cell phone to pay attention to the roads. Non-Snokers say they have rights, well to that what about SMOKERS RIGHTS? You can NOT have it both ways. A compromise MUST be found to include ALL people!!!! I am tired of having to fight a FALLICY and so many UNTRUTHS about Smoking!!! The "Dudley Do Rights" have gone after this with a vengence and if they win with this, what is going to be next? Amercia this is your wake up call....Start standing up for your rights before you have NONE left!!!!
I don't mind if you smoke; but why should I have to breathe smoke from your tobacco? I'll be glad to say you can smoke right next to me, if you come up with a way to keep your smoke totally from reaching me.
Banning smoking in public places is only going to take smokers dollars to places where can enjoy a meal and a smoke home. obesity is the number one killer, are you going to stop fat people from eating at buffet. or people who wear jeans from going to church,sure i agree there should be a seperate area for smoking, but to ban it no. people on cell phones trying to drive, and changing lanes, we all gonna die from something why not from something you enjoy.
If people choose to smoke, that's fine. But the so-called "smoking areas" in most restaurants are a joke. If you're seated near the smoking area, you're breathing the smoke. I don't think it's going to kill me, but the smell is bad and very irritating to my sinuses. Unless restaurants *really* separate the two, there has to be a ban. Non-smokers outnumber smokers. Majority rule should apply. That's just good business. What would be best is if restaurants really separate smoking and non-smoking areas, with proper ventilation, etc. The fact is they don't.
So long as tobacco remains a legal product, business owners should be free to cater to smokers as they so choose. 50,000 people who die every year from secondhand smoke is roughly the same number who are killed in car crashes. I bet everyone knows of somebody who died in a crash, but can the high priests of public health name a single person who has died from secondhand smoke exposure? I don't think so. If the goal is to get people to quit smoking, then make tobacco illegal and find another way to come up with the lost tax revenue.
I think it is discrimination against smokers. They should have an area for smokers only away for the non smoking area. Why should people who smoke have to pay the price when they could be seperated from the non-smokers!!!
THE (ONLY) WAY YOU ARE GOING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM SMOKING IS TO QUIT SELLING THEM ! FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO GRIPE ABOUT GIVE IT A REST !
Why cant people just switch to the alternative...It gets by the bans and able you to smoke anywhere without 2nd hand smoke. www.Crown7.com
Take it from someone who's persoanlly involved. Ohio's 2006 SmokeFree law has cost us hundreds of small businesses, thousands of jobs, and MILLIONS of dollars. All in the name of lies for the sake of corporate and individual greed. Don't make the same mistake Mississippi. Stand up to the lairs and the frauds! Keep your freedom! Reject the ban!