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Originally Posted by marklwood
That is the rub though. Labeling the the building that I paid for, pay taxes on. pay the utilities on, should be labeled a "Public" place. If the government wants to create these kind of restrictions on actual public property, that is for the majority to decide. When it comes to private property, the line seems to get moved.
The only argument that holds any water at all is the health of the employees. All of mine are also smokers, so any health concerns seem to be moot. We have employers in this town currently that will terminate employment if you work for them and don't quit smoking. Although it hasn't been challenged in court, I think it would hold up in this state because it is an "at will" employment state.
I think I will go the other way and not hire anyone who doesn't smoke. Doing what no one else does has always served me well in the past. If the law passes to ban smoking in bars, I'll just make it a private club of some sort to allow smoking.
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i remember a while back, there was a bar here in so. fla that's been here for quite sometime and very popular, they had karaoke 3x a week, when the no smoking thing came up, they decided to put up tents outside for the smokers, that lasted a few months, due to the fact that here in so.fla ( west palm beach )you'll never know what kind of weather you gonna get ( hot/rain,and sometimes both )and smokers/non smokers alike like to stay in a nice a/c room ,the place closed down. someone bought the business and opened again, this time had two separate closed rooms for smoker/non smokers, the non smoking section didnt do quite well, since all the fun was in the smoking section ( where the karaoke was), the owner decided to put up a sign on the door "smoking is allowed, enter at your own risk " or something like that.