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Old 06-18-2010, 01:52 PM   #153 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tore View Post
That doesn't make sense .. The tobacco industry is pretty big! If pro-business is all the government care about when making these laws, then they would promote that goal by working against the tobacco companies and by helping the various little pubs and restaurants a little bit with the potential customers who are otherwise scared of or repelled by cigarette smoke?

I think it's more an active stance on a public health concern.
Oops, I forgot to say - I mean for the business for clubs and bars, not tobacco. And also I was thinking from the owners point of view, rather than the government's... but I see your point.
tbh the government probably wants more people to smoke, what with the amount of tax they get off of it!!

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