However, if health is the issue, then why wasn't it dealt with in the same way as other health issues, like food quality, i.e. by setting minimum standards and then leaving it up individual proprietors to determine how best to meet them, rather than by attempting to legislate behaviour?
The problem with this idea is that it is not the proprietor which is creating the smoke. If there were a minimum standard of particulates in the air, then you're putting the proprietor in the position of turning business away on busy nights.
I like the idea of a license, which is more-or-less the compromise worked out by the city, whereby bars can allow smoking if they install air purifiers.
Personally, I think the whole thing is a crock fueled by hysteria and tyranny of the majority. None of the arguments ring true for me.* Then again, if I were really worried I wouldn't live with a smoker.
*I'll be happy to ennumerate them if requested, but as the arguments for are many and varied, so are my arguments against.
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Date: 2005-12-08 10:46 pm (UTC)The problem with this idea is that it is not the proprietor which is creating the smoke. If there were a minimum standard of particulates in the air, then you're putting the proprietor in the position of turning business away on busy nights.
I like the idea of a license, which is more-or-less the compromise worked out by the city, whereby bars can allow smoking if they install air purifiers.
Personally, I think the whole thing is a crock fueled by hysteria and tyranny of the majority. None of the arguments ring true for me.* Then again, if I were really worried I wouldn't live with a smoker.
*I'll be happy to ennumerate them if requested, but as the arguments for are many and varied, so are my arguments against.