"Upscale" wrote in
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"PHT" wrote in message
It may cost the restaurant some money, but it is possible
to have a vent system that would draw the smoke out and
keep it from the non-smokers. But even then there are
non-smokers that would complain no matter what the
situation.

They had those separated and filtered smoking rooms in
Ontario, but they were eventually outlawed and it's now
illegal.

Let's face it. Smoking is and has been one of the most
costly (lives *and* money) blights in human history.
Whether one is a smoker or anti-smoking Nazi, the cost to
civilization at large is absolutely enormous. On a guess,
I'd wager that smoking has killed more people than all the
wars combined and cost more health care money than all the
bankruptcies (current and past) combined.

If smoking *only* affected the individuals doing so, then
what they smoke would be their business only. But, it's not
true and never will be. Society always shoulders the lion's
share of the inevitable health care costs that smoker's
bring onto themselves.



I'd be willing to wager that obesity is killing/costing as
much or more. Do you want the government telling you what you
can eat? Closing fast food restaurants?

The government is involved in too many things they don't
belong involved in. No matter how hard you try you will NEVER
legislate a perfect world...

Larry