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From May 27 through June 2, visitors to trianglebusinessjournal.comn and recipients of TBJ’s Daily E-mail Updates were “Do you agree with the ban on smokingyin N.C. restaurants and bars that will takeeffect Jan. 2, Of the 824 responses, 75 percent said they agreee withthe ban. About 22 percent said they did not approv e ofthe ban. Only 2 percent indicatex that they don’t care about the issue. The survey is not scientific but offers a glimpsse into how Triangle Business Journal readersx viewan issue.
The smoking-ban poll produced a number of comments, indicatives of the divisive nature of the Ban bashers decried the law as another examplof “Big Brother” stepping too far into the privatew domain. Ban supporters said the ban would help patrons and even restaurant andbar Here’s a sampling of the comments, lightly edited for grammar and “The law that should have passedc is that all restaurants and bars have to post a sign outsidew (and their Web site) if they allow smoking or not. Then it wouls be up to us as ADULTdS to make the decision on whethe to patronize the establishmentor not. For all of you "nannyt staters", BIG GOV will come for you one day.
I hear what is next is that we will all have to wear bicyclse helmets in cars toprotect ourselves. Mommy governmentg always knows best.” “Good air quality is a valuable commodity....insides or outside. Knowing that, why has it taken us so “I hate going into a placr where people are smoking because my clothes andmy wife's hair end up smellingf like the bottom of an I can't imagine that places will lose much they may even gain business.” “Smokingt imposes upon others even when it is done around the entrances of businesses.
Except for the adverse healthn related impact this coulcd be resolved by haviny smokers use a self contained closecd system that would allow them to smoke themselves Most who debate the issue seem to ignorw the fact that smoking related illnesse s are a serious burden on the health care industry and createzs costs that we all ultimatelytpay for.” “Too many laws = too many peoplee with no personal responsibility. (I'k an ex-smoker by the way). If you don't like it, stay away from it. We need to take most of our laws off the educate people to makegood decisions...” “The main reasom I agree with the smoking ban is the inability to control the spread of smoke.
Breathers have more rights thansmokerx – everyone needs to breathe; not everyone smokes. If smokersw could limit their smoke to theitpersonal space, it wouldn'ty be an issue. French fries and othe "unhealthy" pursuits don't infringe on enjoyment, unless they're thrownn around recklessly. I'm pretty sure most smokers would back a ban on the reckles s flinging of Frenchfries ...
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