If we start going down that road when does it end (i.e close all fast food places because they're unhealthy?) They tried prohibition in the 20's and that didn't work. If they try it again I'm stocking up on all the essentials.

It already started that is what I am saying the can of worms was opened. Hence the passing of the non-smoking law. Give the government an inch they take a yard. LA California it always starts in the larger states and runs down hill.

It already started that is what I am saying the can of worms was opened. Hence the passing of the non-smoking law. Give the government an inch they take a yard. LA California it always starts in the larger states and runs down hill.

Does the non-smoking law just apply in public places or everywhere? I'm o.k with it if it's in public but non public places like your home it's stupid, are the cops going to come busting in to your house if you are firing one up? Oh and another thing the seat belt laws, why is the government trying to protect me from myself. If I want to be stupid and not wear my seat belt that should be a free choice of mine, I don't need someone trying to protect me from myself.

You cant be serious, McDonalds alone is a BILLION dollar corporation. Do you know how many fast food restarunts there are in america?  Fast food isnt going anywhere, trust me.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

I do not like smoke nazi's.  They piss me off.  I smoke, I drink, I cuss and am not going to make any apologies for it.
If you want "fresh air' go OUTSIDE.  Do not sit next to me in a bar and ask me to not smoke. I'm going to club you.

Do not ask me to not smoke in MY CAR !!  I will throw you out on the curb.

These 'smoking bans'  ... are ridiculous. People should have a right to smoke anywhere they want to.

As for banning alcohol, it's never going to happen. They tried that before. It failed.

Besides, if smoking and drinking are outlawed, who are they going to get to pay taxes?  Smokers and drinkers pay about 10 times the taxes as non smoker and drinkers. Think about that. If we smokers and drinkers go away .... guess who's taxes are going up....big time.  That's right, the people who are trying to outlaw the 'vices' ... I think we need a special tax on non smokers and non drinkers just to even things up.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

I do not like smoke nazi's.  They piss me off.  I smoke, I drink, I cuss and am not going to make any apologies for it.
If you want "fresh air' go OUTSIDE.  Do not sit next to me in a bar and ask me to not smoke. I'm going to club you.

Do not ask me to not smoke in MY CAR !!  I will throw you out on the curb.

These 'smoking bans'  ... are ridiculous. People should have a right to smoke anywhere they want to.

As for banning alcohol, it's never going to happen. They tried that before. It failed.

Besides, if smoking and drinking are outlawed, who are they going to get to pay taxes?  Smokers and drinkers pay about 10 times the taxes as non smoker and drinkers. Think about that. If we smokers and drinkers go away .... guess who's taxes are going up....big time.  That's right, the people who are trying to outlaw the 'vices' ... I think we need a special tax on non smokers and non drinkers just to even things up.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

I do not like smoke nazi's.  They piss me off.  I smoke, I drink, I cuss and am not going to make any apologies for it.
If you want "fresh air' go OUTSIDE.  Do not sit next to me in a bar and ask me to not smoke. I'm going to club you.

Do not ask me to not smoke in MY CAR !!  I will throw you out on the curb.

These 'smoking bans'  ... are ridiculous. People should have a right to smoke anywhere they want to.

As for banning alcohol, it's never going to happen. They tried that before. It failed.

Besides, if smoking and drinking are outlawed, who are they going to get to pay taxes?  Smokers and drinkers pay about 10 times the taxes as non smoker and drinkers. Think about that. If we smokers and drinkers go away .... guess who's taxes are going up....big time.  That's right, the people who are trying to outlaw the 'vices' ... I think we need a special tax on non smokers and non drinkers just to even things up.

My husband is a smoker and I'm not. I've never had to ask him not to smoke around me because he's always just been considerate enough not to - and he doesn't do it around our daughter either. When he smokes, he goes outside, around the side of the house away from everyone.

I actually think that it's a good idea to prohibit smoking in public places, but also anywhere that there is a child present; including cars and even homes, for the welfare of the child. I worked for a veterinarian for several years, and somebody brought a dog in that we had to perform a necropsy on (animal autopsy). Its lungs were disgusting - black and hard and nasty - nothing like they SHOULD be...and considered the probable cause of death. Now, I know that a dog is a far cry from a child, but at the same time - its owner smoked in the house. I don't want anything that can do that, even second-hand, coming near me or my child. Children are helpless. Are they supposed to stick their heads out the car window or leave the house while their parents smoke? I know that a lot of smokers use common sense, but probably just as many don't.

If a child dies from lung cancer due to something like this, should the parent be held accountable? I don't think there should be a situation in which that should even be a question...therefore, I believe that it is a good idea to just eliminate the possibility by having it not be allowed around the child at all.

I won't go into a bar where smoking is allowed, because I don't like it. I won't complain when someone lights up in their own car for the very reason you stated above - it's THEIR car. (Not that I've ever had anyone light up in their car with me in it that I can remember, though)...as I've said before, to each his own. If I'm in "smoker's territory", I get out when I can. Children don't always have that option.

I'm glad people can't smoke in restaurants where I live; I don't think I should have to breathe in that poison while I try to enjoy a meal. I also don't think I should have to walk through a cloud of blue smoke to get into a store somewhere.

I choose not to smoke because in this day and age, we know what it can do to our bodies. The only difference between smokers and non-smokers is that non-smokers aren't putting smokers' lives in danger by NOT smoking around them.

I won't try and tell someone how to live their lives. Do I wish my husband would quit smoking? Of course, and if/when he decides to do that I support him. Until then I'm glad he's considerate enough to keep it away from people who choose to breathe the fresh air we're all entitled to.

And I don't agree with the sentiment that since they're banning smoking in more and more places that they're going to ban everyone else's rights eventually too. Smoking is harmful to others, not just smokers themselves. Drinking, by itself, isn't harmful to others, but driving drunk is...and that's already outlawed.

I won't go into a bar where smoking is allowed, because I don't like it. I won't complain when someone lights up in their own car for the very reason you stated above - it's THEIR car. (Not that I've ever had anyone light up in their car with me in it that I can remember, though)...as I've said before, to each his own. If I'm in "smoker's territory", I get out when I can. Children don't always have that option.

I'm glad people can't smoke in restaurants where I live; I don't think I should have to breathe in that poison while I try to enjoy a meal. I also don't think I should have to walk through a cloud of blue smoke to get into a store somewhere.

I choose not to smoke because in this day and age, we know what it can do to our bodies. The only difference between smokers and non-smokers is that non-smokers aren't putting smokers' lives in danger by NOT smoking around them.

I won't try and tell someone how to live their lives. Do I wish my husband would quit smoking? Of course, and if/when he decides to do that I support him. Until then I'm glad he's considerate enough to keep it away from people who choose to breathe the fresh air we're all entitled to.

And I don't agree with the sentiment that since they're banning smoking in more and more places that they're going to ban everyone else's rights eventually too. Smoking is harmful to others, not just smokers themselves. Drinking, by itself, isn't harmful to others, but driving drunk is...and that's already outlawed.

I won't go into a bar where smoking is allowed, because I don't like it. I won't complain when someone lights up in their own car for the very reason you stated above - it's THEIR car. (Not that I've ever had anyone light up in their car with me in it that I can remember, though)...as I've said before, to each his own. If I'm in "smoker's territory", I get out when I can. Children don't always have that option.

I'm glad people can't smoke in restaurants where I live; I don't think I should have to breathe in that poison while I try to enjoy a meal. I also don't think I should have to walk through a cloud of blue smoke to get into a store somewhere.

I choose not to smoke because in this day and age, we know what it can do to our bodies. The only difference between smokers and non-smokers is that non-smokers aren't putting smokers' lives in danger by NOT smoking around them.

I won't try and tell someone how to live their lives. Do I wish my husband would quit smoking? Of course, and if/when he decides to do that I support him. Until then I'm glad he's considerate enough to keep it away from people who choose to breathe the fresh air we're all entitled to.

And I don't agree with the sentiment that since they're banning smoking in more and more places that they're going to ban everyone else's rights eventually too. Smoking is harmful to others, not just smokers themselves. Drinking, by itself, isn't harmful to others, but driving drunk is...and that's already outlawed.

Currently 3 full days deep in my newest quitting experiment, and I've not committed a single homicide. (yet)