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Old March 20th 06, 10:19 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default OT Calif. City Bans Smoking in Public Places



---MIKE--- wrote:

The only reason smoking is not illegal in the US is because of a very
strong tobacco lobby. At the Bretton Woods ski area, smoking is not
allowed inside the lodge. At the Whales Tale Water Park (in the summer)
smoking is only allowed in a designated area that is far removed from
the water attractions and not allowed in any buildings.


I don't think you can blame it on the "tobbacco lobby" - it
has a great deal more to do with how individual people
regard smoking. (And there is no such thing as a tobbacco
lobby in Europe, where smoking in public is still perfectly
legal, almost everywhere.)

Much as I dislike it, personally, I don't think it should be
ENTIRELY outlawed (we tried that with alcohol in the 1920's,
remember - with what effect?). Regulation, by all means, so
that people who dislike it are not forced to breath
second-hand smoke, but if you "outlaw" something that a
large number of people regard as their right, you only give
organized crime another means to make a profit.