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Originally Posted by dagosto
The whole idea behind the ban is to protect employees of the restaurants and bars from second-hand smoke. People have the right to work in a safe environment and it is not a matter of "if you don't like smoke don't work in a bar or restaurant" because people need jobs and sometimes they don't have the luxury of choice. I understand that this pisses people off but this is an irrationally misplaced anger spurred on by a chemical addiction. A healthy anger would be focused at oneself for not being able to kick the habit or at the cigarette companies for making their product so damn tasty.
The ban is based on humanistic principles more than most other laws you see go into effect these days are.
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yea, i agree... technically, smoking indoors would violate oshea safe workplace standards, they would have gotten the ban from the supreme court eventuallly anyways... open and shut case.