tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post2459044192792183883..comments2023-06-08T04:15:43.908-05:00Comments on The Lost Albatross: Breske's bluster can't change facts about secondhand smokeEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-39293670167866194732008-02-10T20:26:00.000-06:002008-02-10T20:26:00.000-06:00Why should the 80% who do not smoke not be able to...Why should the 80% who do not smoke not be able to go into a business, or seek employment in that business because the owner allows toxins and carcinogens to be realeased inside it. It's not as if tobacco smoke is a necessary product of anything being produced. Smokers go outside for smoke breaks at work, and some even go outside of their own home because of health concerns for other family members. They're also the ones doing the polluting. Why shouldn't they be the ones to go out for the sake of everyone else's health?! Anything else makes no sense at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-52661274324722587472008-02-07T15:52:00.000-06:002008-02-07T15:52:00.000-06:00"Who elected this guy" is the most (or if nothing ..."Who elected this guy" is the most (or if nothing else, the second most) Republican district to still elect a Democrat to the State Senate. Now, does he have to be so over the top about it, no, but going against the smoking ban probably helps him in his district.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160204942254512253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-48111666847609614762008-02-07T09:19:00.000-06:002008-02-07T09:19:00.000-06:00I do understand where you're coming from, but I st...I do understand where you're coming from, but I still don't think the argument holds water unless we're talking about a private club that allows smoking.<BR/><BR/>1) I'm a musician, and play and sing in several bands. Part of the deal with being a musician is to play out at various bars, clubs, etc. So no, I'm not being forced to do this, but it's part of my life and live music often brings more business in for these establishments. Back before the Madison ban, I often had trouble singing without coughing and my throat closing up. Plus I hate coming home smelling like a chimney.<BR/><BR/>I've never smoked a cigarette in my life, mind you.<BR/><BR/>Plus, what kind of business has carcinogens wafting visibly through the air? Under all other circumstances, that sort of thing is highly regulated and/or banned. Again, either you start issuing your employees gas masks or you get rid of the hazard all together.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393762115493350763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044318737317983833.post-32387320781551935672008-02-07T04:38:00.000-06:002008-02-07T04:38:00.000-06:00Please recall for us any time you have been FORCED...Please recall for us any time you have been FORCED to go into a public building or business where smoking was permitted. People enter businesses voluntarily, either to transact business or to seek employment. No one is forced to go into any business. Why do you thibk the Madison bureaucrats know bettr how to run any business than the people who own and operate those businesses? You seem to be a reasonably intelligent person. If you don't like tobacco smoke, don't go where people smoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com