A break from the anti-smoking madness: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2475001/German-court-overturns-smoking-ban.html
I can't speak for other states but the ban in Iowa was never voted on by the PEOPLE only by the politicians. Since this type of thing effects everyone this is something that should be a statewide vote. It's all this fear mongering that is driving most of these bans anyway and for most people when you explain the actual facts they are simply shocked by the reality.
I'm only 23 but I remember being raised to think that a man made his own decisions...
I can't speak for other states but the ban in Iowa was never voted on by the PEOPLE only by the politicians. Since this type of thing effects everyone this is something that should be a statewide vote. It's all this fear mongering that is driving most of these bans anyway and for most people when you explain the actual facts they are simply shocked by the reality.
Coming from Washington state all I can tell you is that the last thing you want to have happen is a popular vote on this issue. That's how we wound up with the strictest non-smoking laws in the nation. I like to think that if left up to the legislature there might have been some compromise for cigar lounges and such.
I can't speak for other states but the ban in Iowa was never voted on by the PEOPLE only by the politicians.
Coming from Washington state all I can tell you is that the last thing you want to have happen is a popular vote on this issue. That's how we wound up with the strictest non-smoking laws in the nation. I like to think that if left up to the legislature there might have been some compromise for cigar lounges and such.
This is what happened in Nevada in 2006. The frenzy got so crazy that two competing measures were on the ballot, and the proponents of each campaigned against the other question. The stricter of the two measures passed. Casinos were exempted. The ban prevents any establishment that serves food from allowing smoking. Several neighborhood sports bars have gone under, and some have closed their kitchens to allow smoking. Smoking is also banned in all public buildings. It has been a huge detriment to businesses that were already struggling. Public resources that were better used enforcing standards that truly protected the public are now spent investigating claims that someone lit up a smoke in this establishment or that.Coming from Washington state all I can tell you is that the last thing you want to have happen is a popular vote on this issue. That's how we wound up with the strictest non-smoking laws in the nation. I like to think that if left up to the legislature there might have been some compromise for cigar lounges and such.
I don't want to turn this into a debate on politics, but isn't that the reason you vote and elect people into whatever your state-wide body of government is called? I mean, you do it so that they will represent your opinion, and if they don't, well, then you voted for the wrong person...
This is what happened in Nevada in 2006. The frenzy got so crazy that two competing measures were on the ballot, and the proponents of each campaigned against the other question. The stricter of the two measures passed. Casinos were exempted. The ban prevents any establishment that serves food from allowing smoking. Several neighborhood sports bars have gone under, and some have closed their kitchens to allow smoking. Smoking is also banned in all public buildings. It has been a huge detriment to businesses that were already struggling. Public resources that were better used enforcing standards that truly protected the public are now spent investigating claims that someone lit up a smoke in this establishment or that.