This post is definitely going to piss some people off but this is a topic that needs to be addressed. First of all, if you are over 18 you legally have the right to smoke and kill yourself with those nasty cancer sticks. Just don't take me down with you. What I mean by that remark is we need bars and restaurants to go all non-smoking. A smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a public pool. It just doesn't work. Also there are bars that have great live music and I would like to attend but too much smoke makes it hard for me to enjoy it. I have trouble breathing and when I get home my clothes stink. I'm not for making laws that ban smoking in those said places because that totally violates the constitution. It would be nice for restaurant and bar owners to voluntarily go non-smoking. Smokers can still smoke outside, in their vehicles, and in the home. My next remarks will definitely piss the smokers off. I think it should be considered child abuse if you smoke in the home where children are present or in your vehicles if a child is with you. Children are in various states of development and if you they are in an enclosed space with poisonous smoke, it will harm them in the long run. They are more prone to illness than children living in a smoke free environment. You can argue and say that children of non-smokers get sick too. That's true but I did say that children of smokers are more prone to illness. The smoke from a cigarette causes more lung infections and other respiratory illnesses. PD and I are proof of that. My parents smoked around me and my sister when we were kids. We always had bronchitis and I had asthma until I was 11. That was around the time they quit. When they quit, I made a vow never to smoke a cigarette and I held that vow. That was 26 years ago and I've held up that vow to this day. PD, on the other hand, had to live with her mom smoking her whole life. PD and her brother always had respiratory problems too. Mama is now smoke free three years now. We are all proud of her. Their house looks and smells better. We don't feel like we are struggling to breathe when we visit. It's great. Well, I've said what I wanted to say. Feel free to comment and I will debate the issue if I don't agree.
'nuff said.