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I agree that this smoking ban needs to be appealed. The reasons why I think it needs to be appealed is because the rules and laws have changed so much it is not what people voted on. People who voted yes gave the government the right to do whatever they wanted because there were no actual laws or rules in place on election day.

Why did Ohio passed a bill into law with no clear guidelines in the first place how this smoking ban. I think someone appeal on the next ballot to repeal this.

I would be more than happy to assist in helping with a "REPEAL". Is there an organized group formed already?

waaaahhh... get over it.


the bottom line: we voted for this. this IS what the people (including me) wanted.

i am finding than many people who are complaining did not vote...live and learn.

when i was a kid, i remember standing in line at the supermarket behind smokers. we got used to the idea that you can't smoke inside stores...i think we can get used to the idea that we cannot smoke in other public buildings as well. people have a stronger right to good health. this right outweighs your right to pursue happiness.

your right to swing your arm ends where my nose begins.

Smokers who are tired of "paying for the (building name here)", there is a simple way to stop paying for those buildings. Stop buying the product that is taxed.

Is there ONE positive reason to smoke? Just ONE.

And try to answer without using the word "rights" or "legal".

Just one.

The benefits to your heart? Your lungs? The increased life span? The cleaner smell of your drapes, furniture and everything in your house? Your hair? Your clothes?

Just one.

The two things that people really seem to way in on on this site is smoking and gas.

Smoking ban will NEVER be repealed because smokers are too weak to work toword getting the appeal on the ballot. If they had a strong will power to make something happen like that they would have the will power to quit. Every time i have had this discussion with a smoker they always say, usually in a low tone, that they would like to quit but can't. if this opinion makes you mad punish me by not smoking the rest of today, if you can't do that than, well, i rest my case.

I believe it won't be repealed because the tide has turned and there are more non smokers than smokers now. And unless the non smokers change their mind and vote in favor of allowing smoking, there just aren't enough numbers there. What you have here is a concentrated group of bar-goers being quite vocal about this. This is not a good representation of all the people in Ohio. I would venture a guess that MANY smokers voted in favor of the ban, just not those who patronize bars as frequently as others.

And like most states, this will die out in a few months. The smokers will learn to go outside like they have to do at work. There will be outdoor patios added on to some of the bars, and it will go away quietly. People in general are steadfastly opposed to change in the beginning. All the vitriol about rights and how nobody can tell YOU what to do and all of that will go away. The facts are that people tell you what to do every day of your life. Your boss, your wife(as I am well aware), your local police, the tax man.....

Not getting it to the ballot does not mean smokers are too weak to work at it. Perhaps the understanding of how futile that would be is more the key. And As far as smokers saying they can't quit, that is a crutch. The mind is the most powerful muscle in the body. You can do anything you want to do with a little mental toughness. I went from a daily 2 case of beer habit to zero in one day. You could do the same with nicotine. You do not defeat an addicition by feeding it. You defeat an addiction by starving it. You just have to be able to say "I don't d

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GRRRR!!!!

bigtedparma - your argument that smoker's don't have the willpower to quit smoking, therefore they are also too weak to work to change the law is ludicrous! What scientific study is this based on? I think you just made that up. Until you get proof of this stop making such asinine statements!