tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397141130780617925.post9105702766540190573..comments2023-06-09T09:38:26.473-06:00Comments on SmokeFree Wisconsin: Smoke Free Rural Dane CountySmokeFree Wisconsinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16314217837382592060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397141130780617925.post-35836598099239208072008-10-07T09:36:00.000-06:002008-10-07T09:36:00.000-06:00It's not as simple as customers resisting going in...It's not as simple as customers resisting going into places where secondhand smoke is present. It's about everyone who enters those public places, including the workers. Bartenders, servers, hostesses, dishwashers, sanitarians, musicians, and others. We all deserve to breathe safe, smoke-free air in public and at work.SmokeFree Wisconsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16314217837382592060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397141130780617925.post-2795028504277893742008-10-07T09:07:00.000-06:002008-10-07T09:07:00.000-06:00Why are you all obsessed with bars? I don't know ...Why are you all obsessed with bars? I don't know any office buildings or retail stores, anywhere in the state, that allow smoking inside. And the number of restaurants that still allow smoking are becoming a thing of the past--without government smoking bans. I would bet somewhere between 95% and 97% of all businesses and so-called "public places" are already smoke-free, without the government having to lift a finger. Nowadays, if you can resist the urge to walk into a bar (to poison your liver and kill some brain cells), you can easily avoid secondhand smoke 100% of the time. Thus, as a public health issue, smoking bans are a solution in search of a problem.<BR/><BR/>If smoking bans were truly about protecting non-smokers from SHS, you'd have to admit you've already succeeded, and you should declare victory and fold up your tents. But smoking bans aren't about protecting non-smokers, are they? Instead, they're all about making smoking so inconvenient and humiliating that smokers will be forced to quit. Your real focus is stick it to the smokers, not to protect the nonsmokers. Your message and campaign are a fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com