tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post2624317395787066180..comments2023-11-05T05:05:34.610-04:00Comments on Alter of Freedom: Smoking Ban back AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post-22888985499534594682009-01-10T10:58:00.000-04:002009-01-10T10:58:00.000-04:00What are the hurdles here?Why would a measure to m...What are the hurdles here?<BR/><BR/>Why would a measure to make establishments pay for the ability to allow smoking in the same manner they pay for the right to provide beer and wine face opposition?<BR/><BR/>If the industry thinks that smoking bans will be anti-business for them you would think that if it was implemented that they would line up to pay for the ability OR better yet if the goal really is the limit them those that do not want to pay would cease providing the ability to smoke. WIN-WIN here Alter!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post-51141517178485063142009-01-09T10:42:00.000-04:002009-01-09T10:42:00.000-04:00Very true. Lobby groups and liberal groups especia...Very true. Lobby groups and liberal groups especially see this as an opportunity to push for as much of their agenda as possible during the Obama 1st Qtr hysteria. Though this has been debated for years, it may get more traction this year, all be it sadly. This has government's as Alter addresses mixed messages as usual jusrt like the lottery; we do not want to endorse the lottery too much or allow smokers places to smoke to much and yet revenues are tied directly to these practices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post-22758142082094466942009-01-08T19:27:00.000-04:002009-01-08T19:27:00.000-04:00Now that the new year is starting, the "new push" ...Now that the new year is starting, the "new push" is returning to every state that has no ban, or a ban with ANY exemptions. Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, and their Robert J. Wood Foundation and it's many political action committees (charites) have endless funding to keep armies of lobbyists throughout the nation employed for years to come. Their instructions are to keep returning EVERY YEAR until ALL exemptions are gone. They made the print of their book smaller to keep people from reading it, but you can CTRL and scroll to enlarge it. Here it is. www.no-smoke.org/pdf/CIA_Fundamentals.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post-73662025196282091972009-01-08T15:54:00.000-04:002009-01-08T15:54:00.000-04:00Local governments also charge the annual business ...Local governments also charge the annual business license fees based on seating capacity so a smoke provision could easily be assigned in the same manner with regadr to capacity.<BR/><BR/>This would fill the demand for a place for smokers to be able to go out and be around those with like habits I guess. is this so different than other social norms?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4016574119422355102.post-3075895480665444042009-01-08T14:04:00.000-04:002009-01-08T14:04:00.000-04:00Interesting twist here. never considered that poss...Interesting twist here. never considered that possibility. Are there any law makers endorsing this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com