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Smoking Ban: Will it kill us before the cancer does?
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Jim O'Bryan wrote:so we can revist
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http://www.odh.ohio.gov/alerts/ohiosmokingban.aspx
"Ohio voters passed Issue 5 on Nov. 7, 2006, creating Ohio’s indoor smoking ban under a new chapter of the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) effective Dec. 7, 2006. This new law requires “public placesâ€
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I am not asking for any change in the regulations.
As I skimmed the notes it seemed to me that many thought business would pick up or many said, if these places were smoke free we would go or go more often.
Rules are rules.
I would just like to stimulate others to go out and have a meal.
I know times are tough, but there are some great deals out there, especially if a person is cooking for one or two.
As I hit the establishments around town, it would seem some are really hurting. I cannot be as caviler as some as say well I guess they deserve it. They advertise, they serve great food at reasonable prices and are pretty good people with long histories in Lakewood.
FWIW
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I am not asking for any change in the regulations.
As I skimmed the notes it seemed to me that many thought business would pick up or many said, if these places were smoke free we would go or go more often.
Rules are rules.
I would just like to stimulate others to go out and have a meal.
I know times are tough, but there are some great deals out there, especially if a person is cooking for one or two.
As I hit the establishments around town, it would seem some are really hurting. I cannot be as caviler as some as say well I guess they deserve it. They advertise, they serve great food at reasonable prices and are pretty good people with long histories in Lakewood.
FWIW
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Jim O'Bryan
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"The very act of observing disturbs the system."
Werner Heisenberg
"If anything I've said seems useful to you, I'm glad.
If not, don't worry. Just forget about it."
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
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Richard Cole
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Jim O'Bryan wrote:Richard
I would just like to stimulate others to go out and have a meal.
I know times are tough, but there are some great deals out there, especially if a person is cooking for one or two.
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As I said in a previous thread, I frequent Lakewood establishments to the fullest extent possible - I can't remember the last time I went out for a meal that wasn't in Lakewood.
In the 20+ years I've lived in the city, there have been many places that have opened, closed, changed theme, some even ending up as a CVS. I suspect that restaurants will continue to be a constantly changing, evolving sector.
Bars, those places that serve alchohol, and alcohol only to a clientle, of lets say 50+ - that sector of the industry, I would guess, was shrinking from the 1960's onwards. Business models do get outdated and outmoded - Is the smoking ban the only responsible factor, is it a far wider societal shift?
It's hot, humid and I'm getting a cold one from the fridge - 20 years ago this conversation would have been in a corner bar
Nice coverage of the Walk and Roll on the local news that I caught
