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Posted by BMTLines on Mon Sep 10 00:37:07 2007, in response to Re: More insane laws, posted by David of Broadway on Sun Sep 9 09:35:32 2007. Sometimes smoking bans have unintended consequences:A proposed smoking ban on cruise ships has cost one company $3 million in cancellations so far... Story Here I know that if I was a smoker and was told that I had to go for a week without the thing I was addicted to then I would cancel the cruise too. With respect to banning smoking on public sidewalks - what do you do with the people who use the sidewalks because they can't smoke in their offices? Do they have to refrain from smoking until they go home? Given that smoking is addictive what if they can't go without a cigarette for more than an hour or two. We have several smokers in my office who leave the premises almost every hour for that cigarette they can't do without. If they don't get that cigarette break they are extremely irritable and nervous so the company overlooks the extended breaks. It isn't always fair to those of us who don't smoke but they do make up for it by taking shorter lunch breaks or working late. If they could not smoke in the street then I guess they would sneak a cigarette on the roof or in the restrooms like we used to do in High School... If smoking is banned at home, in the car and at work then isn't that de-facto prohibition? |
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