>>>Having said that, though, I have to admit I am adamantly opposed to the Toronto, and soon to be Ontario laws against smoking in bars and restaurants. Being a so-called adult, I'm capable of deciding for myself whether I want to go into a particular bar or restaurant. And to those militant non-smokers who declare that they have a right to go into a certain bar and not have smokers around, I say, "What a crock. It's the bar owner's place, and if you don't like his chosen clientele, then stay out."
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>>Those laws aren't about the customers; they're about the employees. Just as an employer can't have an unsafe workplace in other ways, so many places are deciding that employers can't endanger their employee's health by exposing them to second-hand smoke.
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>That may be true where you are Tamar, but when this all started here it was driven by non-smokers insisting on being allowed to eat and drink without having smokers around as if they had some sort of God given right to be in any particular restaurant. They decided that the restaurant owner had no rights.
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>Before the complete ban, there were enclosed smoking areas, and by law staff could not be forced to work in those areas. The staff who served those areas were smokers themselves and didn't care.
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>What was wrong with that system? No. This was never really about staff. This was about non-smokers demanding that everyone live according their dictates. There are far too many folks in this world who simply cannot stand the fact that others act in ways of which they do not approve, and they have a large lobby.
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>Just to reiterate in case it is unclear, I am a non-smoker, and I hate being around smokers. But I'm an adult capable of making choices.
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>My mother is allergic to perfume, and of course, she's hardly alone in that. I'm waiting for the day someone demands that they ban perfume in public places in Toronto. Then we'll see if our fearless leaders really care about public health, or only about who has the biggest lobby. My money is on the perfume wearers and sellers.
There's one place where the lobby seems sufficiently strong - Halifax, Nova Scotia.
http://www.fumento.com/halifax2.html
