Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote: LAD wrote:I was against the bylaw on principle. But the truth is, it's great! So great!
I did not expect this kind of comment from you, LAD!
Unless you are campaigning for safe working conditions for bar and restaurant employees, which to me is the only meaningful argument for a smoking ban, then I am actually surprised to hear you say this thing.
Yes, well as I said, I was against the bylaw. But, I quit smoking at the same time as it came into effect. And this bylaw in conjunction with hooking up with a woman-partner who doesn't smoke, was a big factor in being able to quit.
I could try and deny this was the case, but I'd be lying. It worked.
Further, I think the employee argument is enough in itself.
Now I can attend a gig and or have a pint at my local freehouse without smelling like other people's cancerous addiction afterward. And a friend of mine whom I work for as a personal caregiver (he has Muscular Dystrophy and some complicated respiratory problems as a result of the curvature of his spine and rib cage collapsing his lungs, etc) can once more attend gigs or go to the bar, period. Before he couldn't.
Sorry smoking friends. Outside you go.
