[Vision2020] Public Smoking

[Mike Deleve]

As usual, the dismissive attitude of "well, you don't have to work there if you don't like the smoke"  is a straw man. As a commercial refrigeration mechanic, I'm exposed to all sorts of unpleasant situations. The problem is though, it's not just me, there are many, many people that do all sorts of deliveries and services for these places. I would venture to guess that any one of the service providers would be terminated for refusing to enter a smoking establishment. So, it's not just the waitstaff that are exposed to the secondhand smoke. I have met many folks who are non-smokers and are in the situation of accepting the smoky working conditions or having no job at all. It's not quite so "simple" as Kai would like it to be.
 
Mike DeLeve'

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kai Eiselein 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 9:50 PM
  Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Public Smoking


  There's an easy way to keep workers from being "forced" to work in a smoky atmosphere.
  Only hire smokers.
  Easy, simple fix, no problem.
  As for patrons, no one forces them to go to bars. Should they CHOOSE to do so, they do it at their own risk.
   
  I smoke and the only bars I've gone to in the past 20 years have been: Casa Lopez, three times, and while on a cruise ship. Both non-smoking.
  I don't smoke in my house, I don't smoke in my car (I do in my truck) and I only book non-smoking hotel rooms.
   
  When the city passes this, might I suggest someone make a good business investment by building a roadhouse just outside city limits? Offer good entertainment and a shuttle and you'll make a mint.


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