Besides. Le journal de montreal ran some before and after shots of popular places and there was no change in attendance. It won’t be so drastic as people thought it would be. Just much healthier for the patrons.

It’s the addiction that makes the issue so hot I find. The ban denies ppl’s nicotine intake and it makes them cranky, I should know cause I’m dating a smoker. Unfortunately I think the ban will only breed more problems eventhough theoretically it’d be a good idea but not a practical one.

Paraphrasing Shakespeare is always fun to =)

“To poke, perchance to taunt-
ay, there’s the fun.”

Or am I simply oblivious to an ironic response to my initial irony? Because that would be, you know.

A ban on cars downtown in exchange for a ban on smoking in public spaces. I could get behind that deal.

quite frankly, I am not even adamantly opposed to reducing smoking in restaurants and bars..although I don’t think this bill is the way to do it. There should be a bit more moderation involved…

But what I can’t deal with is the fact that people are willing to demonize smoking and, worse even, smokers, while we kill every living thing and ruin the environment with unaddressed pollution and deforestation in the name of the almighty dollar– not to mention the painfully evil capitalist enterprise which consisting dismisses the worldwide impact and affect driving SUVs, and demanding cheap fuel and cheap goods like wars, poverty, famine, disease of millions of people every day. I think the city should be car free.. use a bike or take public transportation…but stop polluting my air and everyone one else on the planet’s air because you are lazy and selfish.

Now that would be a reasonable compromise…smokers quit (or take it home), and car drivers start walking.