New Jersey passed it smoke-ban… so its looking like Philadelphia will try again at passing the law.
The new proposed bill is cast as a means of protecting employees from smoke. So it a health issue? Sure we can say that (it worked for other state laws)… but this law will would allow smoking in tobacco and cigar shops (logically), allow smoking in casinos…er I mean “gaming establishments” and would allow for hotels to have up to 25% of their rooms set aside as smoking rooms. So in reality it has nothing to do with worker health. I am pretty much for the ban (as a social smoker)… why can’t we just be honest about it. Most people find cigarette smoking a dirty disgusting habit and dont want to be subject to second hand smoke.
So the smoking ban looks progressive and the city desperatly wants to follow the trend. Fine, just do it already. Just tear it off like a band-aid.
“If I’m in a restaurant and I’m eating and someone says, ‘Hey, mind if I smoke?’ I always say, ‘No. Mind if I fart?…It’s one of my habits. They have a special section on airplanes for me now. I quit once for a year, you know… but I gained a lot of weight. It’s hard to quit. After sex I really have the urge to light one up.”” – Steve Martin