Tonight the Virginia Beach City Council is set to vote on a smoking ban in all restaurants. Two problems with such a proposal:
1. It smacks of the nanny state trying to regulate personal behavior.
2. Virginia law doesn't make a distinction between restaurants and bars.
I'd much rather someone at a bar slow up to have a cigarette than continue to chug down drinks.
Update: City Council passed the ban 7-3. Kudos to Bill DeSteph, Reba McClanan, and Harry Diezel for voting "No".
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This area is crumbling into a "take care of me" region. We will end up with no rights and no decision-making abilities.
Why not let the restaurant owners decide if they want to allow smoking or not? Why must government get involved in this issue?
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