https://mendellee.com/2009/05/21/the-problem-with-anti-smoking/ composer • performer • educator • entrepreneur Thu, 07 Feb 2019 22:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mendellee.com/2009/05/21/the-problem-with-anti-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:14:15 +0000 http://www.darknote.org/?p=73#comment-2253 i think that a paradigm shift could change that, especially given how more conscious of that our culture has become. Again, i feel okay about non-smoking policies in restaurants, but suppose we went back to a smoking/non-smoking area policy; you could have that option with the employees as well, and have it so that these non-smokers who are concerned about second-hand smoke only wait on the non-smoking section, and the ones who don’t care one way or the other can serve in the smoking section or either section.

]]> https://mendellee.com/2009/05/21/the-problem-with-anti-smoking/comment-page-1/#comment-2249 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:24:20 +0000 http://www.darknote.org/?p=73#comment-2249 The no-smoking laws are there primarily for the benefit of the employees who work in those establishments. You could argue in theory that those employees should just go work for a non-smoking establishment, but in blue collar jobs having such choices is not always an option. It’s a lot easier for a diner to pick a different restaurant than a waiter to find a new job.

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