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I don't have a long winded answer on this one. Part of me thinks that proprietors should be allowed to run their businesses the way they see fit and people can choose to either go to their restaurant/bar or not, if they allow smoking. On the other hand, part of me sees it as a public health issue...
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Below is my rewrite due to suggested changes by Del. Terry Kilgore: My opinion on this topic changes and is dependent on what transpires--this is an ever-changing race -- to what I hope is a finish line of health for ALL in the Commonwealth. S ome of the words that historically relate to this issue are...
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The compromise is a step in the right direction. However, when one person's actions - smoking - make it so that another person cannot go to a place, the one whose controllable actions prohibit the other person's participation is the one who needs to make a change. This is a health issue. Many...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"]What do you think of the compromise reached on banning smoking in Virginia restaurants?[/quote] Years ago, I came up with a solution for the secondhand smoke in restaurants problem that works every time. If smoke in any given restaurant bothers me, I don't eat...
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Let me start of by saying that I hate cigarette smoke. It is a disgusting habit and those born after 1960 or so, really have no excuse for not knowing the dangers of smoking. I have also seen an uncle suffer from lung cancer. I am one of "those" non-smokers. That being said, this is not the...
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Ever since the Jamestown settlers decided that profitable tobacco was a better crop than nourishing corn, and began importing servile labor to grow it, Virginians have been plagued with the onerous physiological and social effects of what 17th century Englishmen called "the American Leaf."...
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Rights - tobacco industry - lobbyists - business - lawmakers - health. These are just some of the words that historically relate to this issue. The significance and focus of these words have an impact on the air we breathe. It all depends on the views, interests, and finally, the votes of our lawmakers...
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