Smoking ban in Philadelphia approved

[Sgt PSN]

No one hates cigarettes more than me and even I think smoking bans in bars are re-farging-tarded.

I will say, though, that several years down the line bars have adjusted nicely here in Florida because the state had the common sense to allow a specific type of bar to have smoking while disallowing it in others.  It's all based on the amount of food you sell as a percentage of your gross sales.

It was a compromise that saved thousands of establishments throughout the state, and for once, the state made a good move.

Philly should consider doing the same.

smoke-easies in Phila

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20070326_Stu_Bykofsky___Smoke-easys_ignore_the_tobacco_ban.html

Some owners will apply for a waiver to the ban available to bars that do 80 percent or more of their gross in alcohol, 20 percent or less in food.

As long as more than 20% of a bar's revenue doesn't come from food then smoking is allowed. 

[ice grillin you]

I want to smoke again.  It's been four and a half years.   I deserve another couple years on by this point, right?


unhealthy carcinogens in massive quantities couldn't happen to a better guy...

[Diomedes]

tell me about it

[QB Eagles]

In related nanny state news, a dipshtein PA state rep wants to prevent anyone from driving unless they blow a breath sample first... and the limit is well below the legal limit at .025 percent, so good luck trying to drive after one beer.

Has no chance of passing, but that was once true of smoking bans also...

[Seabiscuit36]

I hope he gets hit by a drunk driver

[Diomedes]

Yeah...that's gonna be about as popular to other lawmakers as a bill to establish a reasonable limit to the age at which you can drive at all.

"icehole.  we have business to do."

[rjs246]

ive never been known as a worldy or very smart person and i dont pretend to be...

[ice grillin you]

holla

[SunMo]

because i hate cigarettes more than anything in life

even white people?

[ice grillin you]

yeah...ill take a non smoking cracker (provided hes not ) over a cancer stick weilding brotha

[rjs246]

Such high standards you hold people to. Good to know you've got your priorities in order.

[Diomedes]

what cracker isn't (except you, of course)?

[ice grillin you]

excellent point mr. dio

[rjs246]

The UK jumps on the bandwagon of idiocy.

Here's my favorite quote...

The legislation is designed to protect people from the effects of second-hand smoke at work, which doctors estimate kills more than 600 people a year.

For comparison's sake:
United Kingdom — Population: 60,776,238 (July 2007 est.)

So .001 percent of the population dies of second hand smoke every year. TIME FOR LEGISLATION!

[General_Failure]

So they know for sure it was second hand smoke, or was it lung cancer? I don't see them outlawing lung cancer. You can get that without people blowing smoke at you. Insert your own joke about the article here.