Smoking bans: Good or bad?

Smoking has been banned in specific public areas in Chicago, but a loophole was formed for the bars and restaurants. You need to have a specific $3000 fan built in to your establishment for every x-sq.ft. coverage. I actually really like that idea, because those $3000 fans are strong enough to just pull the smoke straight up. I wouldn't recommend standing under one with a loose fitting hat though.

As far as smoking goes in general, the rule shouldn't be to ban them all together, but rather tax them out of control. At the Prairie Moon (the bar I frequent), packs of cigarettes cost $10 each. You could go two blocks down heading either north or south, and buy a pack for $6, but each night the packs behind the counter at the Prairie Moon sell out. I really and truly bet that even if they were $20 a pack, they would sell out. When I was smoking, I bought a $10 pack just so I could have two cigarettes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Soluzar

PS: In Britain, the word "fag" really means the same as "cigarette" over here. Nobody would think of the other thing.

I hung out with some gutterpunks in London, England, and I remember being drunk saying "Damnit. One of uze fetch me a pack of fags. I got this real bad craving." When I told my American friends back home, I had some explaining to do.

There's nowhere I can't reach.