Jose wrote in news:GoO7i.24890$JZ3.3963
@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net:

They've driven the smokers out into the cold,

Well, I for one rejoice at that. Smokers should be driven out not
because it harms them to smoke (if you want to hurt yourself, be my
guest) but because it fouls the air for other people for days.

I haven't smoked in a long time, so I'm not upset that the laws supposedly
protect me from second-hand smoke, but I think they've taken it too far in
many areas.

In Seattle, for example, you are not allowed to smoke within 25' of a
building. I think that's ridiculous.

In New York, they have made it impossible to smoke at any restaurant or
Bar. I think that's also ridiculous.

The law should require some sort of signage on the restaurant to indicate
that is a smoking establishment, and if you don't like smoke, you don't go
there... If there is concern that all restaurants would choose to be
smoking restaurants (which they wouldn't) they could put an incentive in
for restaurants and bars that completely smoke free.

If a man owns a small business, he can't smoke in his office, even if he's
the only one there. I say let him smoke if he takes the necessary
precautions to prevent his smoke from venting into the rest of the
building.

The laws for asbestos are less rigid than the laws for cigarrete smoke.