quittin' smoking

[Mike Yacht]

Honestly I think it is more an issue of annoyance than health.  Society has
a long history of passing laws that stop people from doing things other
people find offensive.   Hard to argue with the fact that cig smoke is
offensive unless you're the smoker.

Public nudity.

Public drunkenness.

Some places have laws against public swearing.

Etc...

Now, even within smoking, many places have 'rules' against cigar smoke.
Why?  Because it stinks even more than cig smoke.  Even the cig smokers have
double standards.



- Mike 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgh-goth-list-bounces at listless.org [mailto:pgh-goth-list-
> bounces at listless.org] On Behalf Of Chris Rapier
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:34 PM
> Cc: pgh-goth-list at listless.org
> Subject: Re: quittin' smoking
> 
> On 3/14/06, Brian J. Parker <brian.j.parker at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What you'll end up with, I fear, is many bars and clubs reopening as
> > "private clubs" in the same workaround many already use to circumvent
> > more restrictive liquor laws (and often to hide illicit poker
> > machines).  Do bar/club owners have the right to say that their
> > establishment is not a "public place"?
> 
> Damn fine question. All in all its probably a lot better to just
> convince places to be non-smoking establishments (and non smoking bars
> do exist in pittsburgh - True being an example. Its actually kind of
> nice going there and not have anyone smoking).
> 
> > I don't ahve a strong opinion on the public smoking subject, but I
> > feel it's hypocritical that we even keep smoking tobacco (and drinking
> > alcohol) legal at all when much safer drugs are not.
> 
> Its mostly a matter of risk perception and depth to which its been
> integrated into the culture. At this point the risk perception of
> smoking is swinging very forcefully and mostly out of line with the
> real risks. This perception is overcoming the cultural integration in
> *some* areas. Personally, I think people should be far more concerned
> about how fat they are and how little exercise they get rather than
> the risk of occasional incidental exposure to smoke.
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