The smoking ban interferes with local commerce. For those of you that don't get out much or watch TV or read the newspapers or talk to people, there has been a rash in the last few years, in the U.S and around the world, of cities banning smoking in public places. OK, fine, it makes sense -- no smoking on airplanes, offices, public buildings during the day, restaurants, etc. Those are places where people have to be and work, in relatively confined spaces, both smokers and non-smokers. And of course I'm especially for a ban on smoking on a place where there's kids around. It hurts no one for smokers to have to go outside and smoke during the day (although I have known some smokers who have gotten sick from having to stand outside in the rain or freezing cold to smoke. Now if that's n ot irony then I don't know what is.
I believe the main reason these bans are going into effect is not based on health concearns, that's just the platform being used, but it's because cigarettes......

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Title: Smoking Ban Affects On Local Business
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