Jude 2

I just returned from my annual physical at the Vetrens Hospital. While in the waiting room I picked up a vetrens health magazine and saw this statement.

In california only about 15% of the population are smokers.

Californians are always getting the bunt of the jokes. you know land of fruits and nuts..etc. I thought this was impressive.

You cannot hardly smoke anywhere. One city has passed an ordinance that new tenants moving into apt and codo's can no longer smoke on their terrace or patio.

How tough is your state on smoking in public or now even private?

Yeah but they are smoking pot though.

smokers cant be in public places in georgia. tenn. just started a few months ago so now we eat in tenn. without choking.

Colorado's like that too. Only in designated areas, not inside eating and drinking places, is smoking legal. Coffee shops get fined if people smoke outside within 15 feet of the entrance. Things are tough all over.

paul wrote:How tough is your state on smoking in public or now even private?

VERY tough. Smoking s illegal in any public space, including BARS and restaurants, and is not allowed within 20 feet of the ENTRANCE to any public place. It is wonderful... not only can you shop and eat out without dealing with the cloud of smoke, but you don't have to pass through the crowd of smokers on the way in. The public housing authority is trying to prohibit smoking in and around any public housing project.

paul wrote:You cannot hardly smoke anywhere. One city has passed an ordinance that new tenants moving into apt and codo's can no longer smoke on their terrace or patio.

How tough is your state on smoking in public or now even private?

Washington is very very similar to California. A law was passed a couple years back that prohibited smoking in any public place. We too, have a few cities that are trying to pass the apt/condo smoking law as well as smoking in cars. That should have been passed years ago, just for driver safety.

it is nice to be able to go to an establishment and not deal with smoke.

But at $5.00 a pack, I cant see how some can afford to keep that habit up.

Pastor Gary wrote:It is wonderful...

Indeed..

but I still hate to see it mandated and freedoms lost. Somewhere along the line respect for others was lost and then laws had to step in.

but wonderful, indeed.

Full Quiver wrote:Yeah but they are smoking pot though.

that's hilarious!

wendy k

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Rahab wrote:My church went from running around 100 on Sunday Morn to loosing the building and meeting in a school.

Is this response in the wrong thread??

Pastor Gary wrote:

Rahab wrote:My church went from running around 100 on Sunday Morn to loosing the building and meeting in a school.

Is this response in the wrong thread??

maybe the members could not wait until they got home to lite-up

If banning smoking is a loss of liberty then isn't an outlaw of pot the same?

i hope thats a joke.

I wish they WOULD ban smoking in cars, it makes me MAD to see parents smoking in a car with children inside, with or without the windows open. Make it illegal to smoke around children or while pregnant, period, I say.

I think the law in TN now is that you have to be a 21 or up club/bar to be able to have your patrons smoke inside. A lot of places in Nashville changed to that in order to keep their patrons, from what I understand. You can still smoke on the patios though. I'm just glad that not only do I not have to worry about getting in the non-smoking section, I don't have to worry about WHERE I sit in the non-smoking section so as to not get the smoke that wafts over. YUCK.

Hubby and I were out shopping today and stopped to get a bite to eat.
When asked if I wanted the smoking or non smoking I said, as far away from the smokers as possible. Still had to walk pass the smokers, holding my breath needless to say.

Michigan is getting better tho..at least we have a few Restaurants thats non smoking. Just, there too far apart.
I wish they'd ban smoking and alcohol completley, get all the nuts off the streets!
But Lansing (state capital) would go broke.