What exactly the new smoking ban rules would be if it passes tomorrow?
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This is the only current information I could find for you.\n\nWhile the bill could still be changed right up until the vote, here is what the latest understanding of the bill is, which was released Friday. \n\nThere would be a policy that would not allow any restaurants to allow patrons under age 18 to smoke.\nThere would be no smoking in any place of employment, retail store, mall, bowling alley, sports arena, or outdoor county park.\nSmoking would be allowed in bars.  Also, any restaurant with a bar inside will be exempt from the ban, as long as the bar is physically separated with walls or doors.\n"That would allow places like Hacienda or Friday’s or whatever restaurant that might have a clearly separated bar and restaurant to allow smoking," explains County Councilman Andy Kostielney.\n\nAside from bars, smoking would also be allowed in any business that only allows patrons 18 and over, which includes tobacco shops, bingo and social halls, as well as private clubs.\n\nPunishment for not following the law \nIf the law is passed, and businesses do not obey, the punishments are as follows. \n\nA first offense gets only a verbal warning. \nThen, there will be a written warning for a second violation.\nBusiness owners will be slapped with a $100 fine for a third violation.\nAfter that, each additional violation would cost businesses $500.  \nLastly, the fourth will cost $200. \nMoney collected would go towards the county's enforcement of the ban.
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You put the end into the flame and kind of suck the flame onto the tobacco to get it to light. Then you get smoke - you know, like from a bonfire - into your lungs & cough it out. Later you get a horrible headache.You wonder how people do it more than once, how they aren't sick from this, why you think it's cool. In the morning you cough up some yellow stuff. You think 'I can stop anytime, and I will, tomorrow'. Then you find you can't.\n\nPlease don't try it, honey. You know it gives you bad skin, lung cancer, damages babies & all the other stuff; along with the thousands of pounds spent on it in a lifetime. Just look at the old smokers around, do you want to look like that? So don't be curious. With the bans and the fact that it's becoming more socially unacceptable I'm sure it'll die out soon, in UK anyway. \n\nI once had one of those ones with the white filter & put it in my mouth the wrong way round - tried to light the filter & couldn't understand why it wouldn't light! (That's just for information, by the way.)\n\nI loathe smoking. It's evil.
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Private clubs ARE exempt from this law; unfortunately, they have to operate as non-profits which you will NOT be able to do with your bar. There are very few loopholes if you read the full text (available at http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/oh/state/issue/5/). \n\nYour best bet is going to be to open up (or add on, if you have to) an outdoor patio that meets the requirements of this stupid law, and get a nice outdoor heater or two for winter. Maybe put up a roof with a tv or speakers (depending on your gimmick - tv if you broadcast sports games, speakers if you've got live music, you can pump it outside.) It will cost a little money initially but I bet you'll bring in more business if you have a somewhat comfortable and entertaining place for the smokers year-round.\n\nTo the last person: this new law goes beyond smoking. It's telling business owners how to run their personal businesses. It is NOT illegal to smoke. If most people don't want to be in a smoky bar, let them vote with their feet and not go there. I live in Ohio and there are bars near me that are non-smoking by the owner's choice. Some restaurants are completely non-smoking - owner's choice. If you don't like seeing people drinking, respond by not hanging out in bars - NOT by banning alcohol.\n\n(Voted against issue 5, needless to say!!)
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A smoking ban in pubs might have the same effect here in UK as it has in Ireland.  I have read in the papers that one action resulting from the smoking ban (in pubs) is that fewer people now go to pubs in Dublin and the sales of Guinness are down by some 15 - 20%.  What people, especially young men, seem to be doing instead, is going to the offie and buying a bunch of 6 packs and then going to a friends house to booze it up and smoke.  The pubs, while not exactly empty are not the social centres they once were.  I read an article in the Time about a year ago when New York bars went smoke free.  The Times sent one of their journalists over to NYC to have a look and report back on what effect it was having.  The journalist described bars he remembers being packed as now being empty and some even contemplating closing down.\n\nSmoking levels in the population at large, say around 25% have nothing to do with the pub-going population where smoking is roughly 40 - 45% or even higher.\n\nBack in Ireland a couple of years ago, I read of one hotel which lost almost one million pounds worth of custom due entirely to the smoking ban.  Two companies had booked the hotel at different times for their respective AGMs.  The first of these was BUPA - when it was told of the smoking ban it told the hotel that 40% of its HQ staff smoked and they would therefore cancel.  Likewise the bosses of Mercedes Benz also cancelled for the same reason.\n\nThere is no smoking ban in Germany or France, yet anyway.  So if your planning a big gathering, do it there.
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on The resturant side of it:\nA March 1 deadline looms for Oklahoma restaurants to prohibit smoking or have enclosed, separately ventilated smoking rooms.
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in america most states have had this ban for a while.  (i think new york for about 3 yrs, and ct about 2) numerous business owners have complained b/c it keeps customers away according to them.( bars/restaurants/nightclubs) as for the tax implications...i can only guess it must be pretty bad as cigs are highly taxed.
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Changing the driving age from 16 to 18 (yes they are talking about it,) banning drugs (pot use), smoking laws (banning smoking in public places). The pledge of alligeance (should you have to say under god, should it be said in schools?) Hope this helps
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They would have to put VAT up by 5% to cover the loss in tax revenue. By banning smoking in pubs this will happen a lot quicker than you think.
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I will assume you mean a government-enforced ban on smoking in your question.\n\nTo whom are such government decrees fair?\n\nAre they fair to the smokers: definitely not.\nAre they fair to the non-smokers: definitely not.\nAre they fair to the bar owners: definitely not.\n\nSuch bans are not fair to the smokers because they should have the right to smoke in any place where the owner allows them to smoke.\n\nThey are not fair to the non-smokers because the ban removes the choice to go to a smoke-filled bar or a smokeless bar.  These environments may have very real differences in price and quality, both of which are lost in forced homogenization.\n\nFinally, such bans are most unfair to the bar owners, who have their private property (and thus their freedom) infringed upon by bureaucrats who have no financial stake in their business.  Just as your home is your property if you own it, so would your bar be private property. The government has no more right to control your business than it does your home so long as you are not violating anyone else's rights.
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No smoking in bars or restaurants, and other places too.  I voted for Issue 5 and helped it pass.  I agree it is an excellent law.  Takes effect 30 days from passage.  \n\nFull text of the law here with all the details you are looking for:\n\nhttp://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/oh/state/issue/5/\n\n~Kyle
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I support non-smoking areas, but if you want to smoke, then I think you should have your own areas. I do however feel that smokers face discrimination every day and state wide bans don't help.
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I guess it is difficult for smokers to appreciate the impact on others as they are addicted and have to satisfy their addiction. It is for this reason that smoke-free workplaces have become mandatory and Governments are putting laws in place to ban smoking from pubs and clubs. On February 28, 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control took effect. The FCTC is the world's first public health treaty. Countries that sign on as parties agree to a set of common goals, minimum standards for tobacco control policy, and to cooperate in dealing with cross-border challenges such as cigarette smuggling. Currently the WHO declares that 4 billion people will be covered by the treaty, which includes 92 signatories. Amongst other steps, signatories are to put together legislation that will eliminate second-hand smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor public places and, as appropriate, other public places.\n\nIt is not often appreciated that bars and restaurants are workplaces and people have to be exposed to tobacco smoke to earn a living. For that reason, I think that it would be better to patronise bars and restaurants that don't allow smoking rather than smoking so that you can breathe.
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make sure you allow tobacco pipe smoking too...
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I know, I know!  Pick me, pick me!\nWhat needs to happen is that restaurants (and other businesses) must be made to comply with health codes.  That is to say, that the smoking area should be well-ventilated, and separate from the non-smoking areas.  Any restaurant (or business) that doesn't comply must either A) Shut down.  or B) Not allow smoking.  If they decide to go with B, and then violate it, it would be treated the same as any other health code violation, e.g. HUGE fines.\nUnfortunately, the current political climate in our country is all-or-nothing, instead of focusing on compromise.  And instead of eating somewhere that doesn't allow smoking, many non-smokers want NO restaurants or businesses to allow smoking.  Completely unfair.  Everyone is entitled to the pursuit of liberty and happiness, not just the non-smokers.
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I live in Arkansas and I have not heard of this law.  Do you have any links to documentation on it?  I know several towns are banning smoking in restaurants and other public places, but I have not heard of any having to do with smoking in vehicles.
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Yes, the school can still punish you since the rules state "no smoking." I'm guessing the no smoking rule applies to any substance being smoked. As for cancer... any inhalation of smoke is bad for the lungs and can therefore contribute to cancer.
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Welcome to the world of us New Yorkers.  Puke-taki and Dumberg really FUBAR'D everything and killed the bars with the smoking ban.  We now go to indian reservations and Long Island, costing the city MILLIONS.  While NYC may be able to afford it, I doubt Ohio would.  Good Luck.\n\nTo those non-smokers who don't mind when their freedoms are curtailed, remember, tyranny always starts with the small stuff, and eventually moves on to the important things.  I'd been smoking since 12, and am now 28.  Quit for personal reasons (wife & kids).  Because I  no longer do it, should I not have the right to put into my body what I see fit?