Smokeless Dining Gets More Widespread
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I’ve enjoyed Florida’s smokeless dining for years now. You may not smoke here in a restaurant or even in some bars that serve over a particular percentage of food. You cannot smoke in workplaces either. It all makes for a very pleasant dining experience and I have to admit I’ve become spoiled.
When I used to visit my dad in West Virginia, I would be shocked back into remembering that the entire US is not yet at the same place Florida is. I would stop on the way up north to eat and realize I had to eat in a non-smoking section at a Cracker Barrel in Georgia, for example, where the smoking section poured over onto my table. Ick.
West Virginia went no-smoking in certain counties a few years ago, so my time in the state is actually quite lovely.
I am happy to hear that even nations like France are looking around and seeing that the world is becoming a healthier place. France is following fellow European countries like Ireland and Italy in making all bars, restaurants and cafes smoke-free. You can still smoke if you are sitting outside, though.
As a non-smoker, this law make me mad even, furious even. They are taking rights away from business owners and individuals as a whole. It should be up to the business owner what happens in there establishment and not up to the government. It ticks me off to no end they the government thinks that the personal safety of individuals is any of their business. If I want to be in dangerous places, that is my business. If businesses want to have a smoking section that is their business, if waitresses want to work in that smoking section that is their business. Government should butt out.