Public Smoking Banned
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals. Of those chemicals, 40 of them have been proven to cause cancer (SWAT). It's no wonder why a bill is being passed to ban smoking in all public places. However, this will have the greatest effect on restaurants across the nation. The next great smoking debate will decide whether you can "puff" in restaurants. In a democracy, like the one we live in, the majority rules, while trying to respect the rights of the minority. In this case, the minority being smokers, seem to have more rights than the majority. But the majority has taken it into their own hands and passed a bill to ban smoking in all public places. The ban would only apply to the common areas of the restaurants, especially if the dining areas were enclosed and had a separate entrance. Smoking, however, might be prohibited in a lobby if a nearby restaurant wasn't enclosed (Czurak). Of course, there will always be holes or vagueness in passing bills and making rules. It is uncertain whether the bill would allow smoking on open-air decks and patios, and it's not clear whether anyone could light up on an outdoor deck that was screened in the summer and heated in the winter (Czurak). Th
There are also restaurants that have accepted the ban in its entirety. Restaurant owners are beginning to understand that people want to breathe while they are eating. Plus, employees are entitled to a job that does not damage their health ("Health/Tobacco..."). They are realizing that since they are in the people business, they should be making people happy, which would increase their business. In Massachusetts, studies have proven that the smoke free ordinances have not effected any restaurant revenue (Martin). California's statute is nearly two years old, and the California Lung Association flaunts the state's regulations as proof that restaurants and even bars won't face economic decline when smoking is banned (Hoogeveen). Smokers, who have gone to restaurants before that allowed them to smoke, will still go to the restaurant when it is forbidden. Why? Because they go there for the food, the social hours, the location, or simply the convenience of not cooking a meal themselves. As for the nonsmokers, they will continue to visit a restaurant because the ban was a benefit on their side. Other nonsmokers that didn't eat there before will also want to try it out now because they don't have to deal with smoke while they try to eat. Thus, increasing the business for that particular restaurant. In addition to those in favor of the ban, there are also those who are completely against it. These people are mostly business owners in which they are afraid that nonsmoking will take away from their business. Of course, those who smoke are also against this bill. From their perspectiv
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