Detroit Slow to Implement Smoking Ban

Sunday, August 30th, 2009   ·   Comments   ·   Share This

ashtrayThere has been a push to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in Detroit, but all the edges have not yet been smoothed out so it is still possible to smoke at most establishments in the city.

Non-smokers are up in arms about this fact, especially since smoking is not against the law in most restaurants. It is felt by many that smoking can really ruin a person's meal, which is something even for smokers.

However, there is really no reason for the non-smoking population to be worried about this, as the legislation will be passed - it's just a matter of time.

The problem is that the addresses of non-smoking bars are being published on the internet, and this could really cause problems for some businesses. It is also an unfair trade, because when the law is passed smokers will not have this kind of choice, a fact that is often overlooked…

[Via: examiner.com]

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  • generalsn
    Publishing them on the internet shoud be GREAT advertising. I'm totally missing the point of this publication.
  • dusanb
    The point is to comment all the news from a smoker's perspective.
  • generalsn
    Just a reminder of the sources of the bans, more concerned with "social change" than the bans themselves:

    http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?ia=143&id=14912

    And what the 99 million dollars was going to. Note on page seven the "inside -out", provision going for patios later, AFTER business owners spend thousands of dollars to accommodate their smoking customers, clearly showing that they have ABSOLUTLY NO CONCERN about local issues or businesses.




    http://www.no-smoke.org/pdf/CIA_Fundamentals.pdf

    Here's the "model ban" from page eight that many communities copied, pasted, and passed. It's the "smoking ban for dummies" It only takes a few minutes to fill in the blanks naming your community, the administrators names, and blanks to customize it to your community according to the width of your sidewalks, so it looks like local leaders worked tirelessly for extended time to originate it.

    http://www.no-smoke.org/document.php?id=229
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