Quote Originally Posted by Mikey-OH View Post
I think it's a bit ridiculous that you can't smoke in your own home. However, with apartments and condominiums I can see where they're coming from. With the way all the ventilation is hooked up in most complexes it would make it easy for your neighbors to smell you making a bag of popcorn let alone smoking a big ol' stogie. So as a way of privacy and courtesy I understand where the law makers are coming from.

We have a smoking ban here in Ohio for public places as well which I actually voted for. I personally only smoke cigars every so often as a social venture with my buddies (being a college athlete it can't be good for me but you only live once right?). And I am on the same page witht those who don't want to be bothered by smoke in a restaurant while trying to enjoy a meal with their family. It is harmful and those who don't wish to engage in the environment shouldn't need to. So I don't think smoking bans are necessarily bad. Regardless I'm starting to stray from the topic.

It is interesting that California always seems to have such a laid back attitude about most things and lets most acts slide and now they enact this one. Oh well, that's why I don't live out there (on top of it being expensive as hell!).
My problem with your stance is that this should not be government enforced issue. Liberty requires that our government do what it must and no more than that. In this case, they are using the heavy hand of government to get involved where they should not.

I don't know about where you live, but the majority of restaurants where I live have no smoking policies in spite of there being not law against smoking in restaurants. Private businesses should be able to make these choices for themselves, and they are doing so. Just wait until the government pushes its heavy hand into your affairs, demonizes you, and ostracizes you, and your stance my indeed change.

This country used to be about liberty and individual freedoms. Now we give away our liberty for safety and "the common" good. That's a slippery slope, from the evidence history has to present.