March 30, 2007Virginia lawmakers should go along with a restaurant smoking banFor Saturday: Virginia House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith says a restaurant smoking ban, as proposed by Gov. Tim Kaine, would apply to all sorts of unintended places -- "anywhere where food is served outside of your residence." Griffith and other opponents of the ban are just blowing smoke. |
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March 30, 2007
Virginia lawmakers should go along with a restaurant smoking ban
For Saturday: Virginia House Majority Leader Morgan Griffith says a restaurant smoking ban, as proposed by Gov. Tim Kaine, would apply to all sorts of unintended places -- "anywhere where food is served outside of your residence." Griffith and other opponents of the ban are just blowing smoke.
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[April 1, 2007 9:15 AM]
AlexIt would be wonderful not to see people smoking anywhere. Of course that will never happen. The proposed bill to ban smoking from restaurants is a very good one. To be able to eat and not have smoke surrounding you is a dream come true. I grew up in a household full of second hand smoke. Lost 2 uncles to heart attacks when they were only in their 50's, lost a few more from cancer at an early age. They were all smokers. Smoking kills, smoking stinks and smoking is deadly. I actually smoked myself for too long and regret it. I just lost a close friend from lung cancer who had smoked but had quit 10 years before he was diagnosed with lung cancer. I supposed someone can tell me the "good side" of smoking?