anti smoking laws in california
anti smoking laws in california
How would one go about writing to the government to try and enact smoke-free restaurants in NC?
I am *not* looking for a debate on whether or not it should be ok to smoke in public or not.
I would like to know how I could suggest to the government to enact anti-smoking policies in North Carolina, similar to laws in other states like California where no one can smoke in public places like restaurants. North Carolina was recently evaluated and scored an F on anti-smoking. Does anyone know who I could write to in order to voice my opinions? Would it be our Congressman?
Teekno – I hear you, but it baffles me why selling a product that KILLS people is legal. I mean, HELLO??? You know what I mean?
And people who profit from such industry should be ashamed!
At least, that’s just my opinion. =)
BJ – well, I guess I shouldn’t even try then. Guess I’ll go eat worms.
Those answering saying that you should try your local city council or county commission are overlooking one fact about North Carolina: State law says that cities and counties cannot enact their own anti-smoking bans. So that option is out…anything done will have to be done statewide.
The NC state House and state Senate both took up this issue this past year. A bill to get smoking out of all restaurants failed. The best you can do is write the state House and state Senate members who represent your county and strongly encourage them to push for this in the next year. Tell them your vote in November for or against them will hinge on this issue….that may help. Also, write Governor Easley and ask him to put his weight behind it. You can also write all the people running for governor this November to also push for it.
Hopefully if enough state politicians get it in their heads how many people in this state are tired of smoky restaurants, they’ll finally get that bill passed.
Find your state House representative here: http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/reports/countyRepresentation.pl?Chamber=House and Find your state Senate representative here: http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/reports/countyRepresentation.pl?Chamber=Senate
Then write them and let them know how strongly you feel about this!
anti smoking laws in california
Cigar Bars To The Rescue
When, in the early 1990s, the premium cigar industry rebounded after years of stale sales figures and slackening consumer interest, it faced a new social climate. More and more municipalities and states had passed anti-smoking legislation throughout the eighties, and this trend only continued through the 1990s and beyond. All of which meant that many of those new smokers found themselves unable to enjoy their new hobby over a fancy restaurant meal, at the movies, at some bars, or sometimes (as in the case of the new, ultra-restrictive British smoking laws) anywhere outdoors at all.
Thankfully for smokers, cigar bars sprung up throughout the country as a way to offer smokers the chance to enjoy the rich taste of their smoke in the company of folks with similar interests. Many of the new anti-smoking laws make exceptions for establishments that cater directly to smokers – though, often, in these cases, the smoke-permitting establishments must also install air-filtration systems and various other gadgets that ensure maximum air purity (for those inside) and minimum leakage (for the non-smokers outside). Thus, cigar bars represent an important site for the new generation of smokers. Often, they’re the only place in town where a person’s love of stogies can be shared in a like-minded, social atmosphere. So it’s no wonder that cigar bars, like stogie specialty shops, clubs, and even, magazines, became an important part of the new cigar culture that blossomed during the 1990s.
The range of amenities offered varies with the bar. Some high-end bars offer for-rent humidor-lockers – such as Club Macanudo in New York – or books for sale, such as the two Bar and Books stores in New York City (at Hudson and at Lexington). At Azucar Cigar Lounge in Corona, California, you find plasma television sets and walk-in humidors. Many bars double as, in effect, high-end sports bars; they’re classy places in which to sit in leather furniture while watching the Knicks game.
Other cigar bars offer the same amenities and entertainment options as other kinds of bars. Burbank Bar and Grill in Burbank, California – the same “beautiful downtown Burbank” from which so many ’60s television shows broadcasted – has its own band, and another stogie bar in Glendale, California, has free appetizers. At Fumare (the Spanish word for “to smoke”) in Reno, Nevada, patrons play poker, browse books, and watch sports on the flat-screen TV. And Shelly’s Back Room, in Washington, D.C., with its location close to the heart of the nation’s governmental processes, offers a chance to eavesdrop on the corridors of power.
Other bars are actually cigar stores with substantial added-in lounges – similar to coffee-roasting foundries where coffee is also served, or breweries that offer excellent bars. For example, at The Tobacco Shop in Hartford, Connecticut, you find some hard-to-find smoke and pipe products. Signature Cigars in Rockville, Maryland, offers free coffee to smoking customers.
These establishments are traditionally male-dominated, according to stereotypes, but as with many once-well-established facts about cigar smoking, this one has been subject to some revision in the years since the mid-1990s cigar boom. Premium stogie makers noticed an uptick in the number of female cigar smokers during that period, and stars like Jennifer Garner and Demi Moore trumpeted their love of stogies on the cover of magazines such as Cigar Aficionado. In this new climate, it’s no surprise to find women frequenting cigar bars as well. Photographer Danuta Otfinowski offers, on her website, a photo essay devoted to the women who patronize New York City’s cigar bars. She writes, “Cigars have been a smoky symbol of male power for many years, but the post-feminist 90′s are witnessing the resurgence of the stogie among both men and women.”
With cigars continuing to enjoy steady growth in popularity, and those restrictive anti-smoking laws seemingly not about to go anywhere, the importance of cigar bars will likely continue to grow. But there’s nothing new about that – tobacco has had a social dimension for nearly as long as it’s been smoked. Smoking in ancient tribal societies was, after all, often a social, celebratory activity, and perhaps cigar bars recover some of that ancient camaraderie.
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If California voters vote to legalize……?
marijuana this November, will it be legal so smoke marijuana in restaurants, stores, beaches and parks? Or does anti-smoking legislation only apply to tobacco smokers? If someone lights up a joint at a restaurant and says he needs it for a medical condition, can the restaurant owner have him cited by the local PD? What if someone lights up a joint in the city of Calabasas (where smoking is illegal everywhere) but claims it is a medical necessity? WIll that be overlooked? I don’t smoke either one but I am wondering if anti-smoking laws will apply to marijuana as well as tobacco?
That is an interesting question…
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) would protect the disabled and require that proper accommodation be made for the disabled, just like cities having to build wheel chair ramps at every corner they would have to accommodate disabled pot smokers. ADA has big teeth!
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