tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190846390008853053.post2577397536219280458..comments2023-11-09T14:29:37.102-06:00Comments on St. Louis City Talk: Mine is not a high horseMark Grothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15778135869139492251noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190846390008853053.post-62370863480320748742009-01-30T12:40:00.000-06:002009-01-30T12:40:00.000-06:00St. Louis doesn't have smoking ban in part because...St. Louis doesn't have smoking ban in part because St. Louisans took some time to look into the health claims groups like the American Cancer Society use to scare the public and pressure lawmakers into imposing bans. For instance, the main claim the ACS used to push a smoking ban in Illinois can still be found on the Smoke-Free Illinois website:<BR/><BR/>"One 8-hour shift in a smoky workplace is equivalent to smoking 16 cigarettes."<BR/>http://www.smokefreeillinois.net/info.php<BR/><BR/>We looked into that claim and found it had no basis. We let St. Louis lawmakers know that they were being lied to by antismoking groups. Now St. Louis lawmakers are wary and much less like to vote for such Draconian restrictions.Bill Hanneganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03519701674932360724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190846390008853053.post-58166294886768924562009-01-29T20:00:00.000-06:002009-01-29T20:00:00.000-06:00^something tells me you've never been to flavour c...^something tells me you've never been to flavour country....Mark Grothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778135869139492251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7190846390008853053.post-66939996658539588192009-01-29T17:21:00.000-06:002009-01-29T17:21:00.000-06:00your "argument" does nothing to address the health...your "argument" does nothing to address the health issues that are a prime part of this movement. bars and restaurants have to comply with a variety of health codes. for instance, they have methods to stop the spread of hepatitis. why is it so hard to understand that cigarettes are the same type of thing? they spread disease. no one will stop you from drinking coffee, because you are the only one directly affected by it. secondhand smoke, on the other hand, directly affects the people around smokers.<BR/><BR/>also, there's no reason there can't be an additional license fee for bars that want to be smoking. i believe this was done in NYC when it went smoke-free.PlanB247https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360951414487677471noreply@blogger.com