Virginia bars and restaurants are soon to be affected by a new smoking ban. This state has been hooked on tobacco since the first settlers established Jamestown, about 400 years ago.
As of December 1st, this state becomes one among many states to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Though this is not to be the strictest of bans as smoking will be permitted in separate rooms with proper ventilation systems.
Going back as far as the colonial times, Virginia's prime crop and source of money has been tobacco.
Things started to shift in the state once lawmakers began to cut out smoking in places like Richmond and Raleigh, North Carolina. These two cities house the largest tobacco companies in the country – Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds. If they weren't getting their way, then who's to say Marlboro producing Virginia would stay clear of these changes.
If a state with such an extensive history in tobacco production is slowly cutting tobacco out, this is a sure sign that this trend is only going to spread, which is sad and kills our freedom…
[Via: Washington Post]
