Smoking Ban in VA!
I never thought I'd live to see the day, since Virginia is all about producing tobacco, but apparently the Virginia General Assembly has finally passed a smoking ban for restaurants and bars in Virginia, effective December 1. How excited am I? Check out the facts here and story here.
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Yeah! Although I can't remember a place in VA we ever went to where we had smoking issues - other than wherever Jeffro played in Alexandria. Can you?
If the public was honestly and truthfully informed about the effects of second-hand smoke, there would be fewer no-smoking laws in this country.
A little smoke from a handful of crushed leaves and some paper that is mixed with the air of a decently ventilated venue is going to harm or kill you?
There has never been a single study showing that exposure to the low levels of smoke found in bars and restaurants with decent modern ventilation and filtration systems kills or harms anyone.
As to the annoyance of smoking, a compromise between smokers and non-smokers can be reached, through setting a quality standard and the use of modern ventilation technology.
Air ventilation can easily create a comfortable environment that removes not just passive smoke, but also and especially the potentially serious contaminants that are independent from smoking.
All I know is when I go to a bar to see music and have to inhale tons of smoke to the point where my throat and eyes are bothering me, and I come home and have an allergy attack the next morning cause I reek, it's not what I would call a fun experience. I can't see these little bars being able to have adequate ventilation to make me comfortable.
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