Comments on: Stogie News: Golf Course Smoking Bans Spreading

By: Beau

Beau — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 07:52:30 +0000

Smoking bans like these have nothing to do with health or litter – it is just a bullying government excercising its power

By: John Ozed

John Ozed — Fri, 08 May 2009 10:10:48 +0000

The 'gov'mint' was in our houses already telling consenting adults what they can or cannot do in the privacy of their homes. You really should have spoken up earlier.You take away the rights of one group (even if you don't like said group) what is going to stop them from taking away the rights of others? You need to fight for the rights of everyone, not just your pet group. I am a cigar smoker btw.

By: BubbaGene

BubbaGene — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:36:18 +0000

Slowly they are chipping away at our freedom…

The gov'mint will be in our houses next, telling us how to live our lives ….. wait.. they already are.

By: CWS

CWS — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:07:14 +0000

Thelema – out of curiosity – if you hate tobacco, why are you commenting on a cigar site? Why would you even be reading this commentary?

By: Thelema

Thelema — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:35:41 +0000

Look, I hate tobacco. HATE Secondhand Smoke. Not gonna lie. But it seems obvious to me that banning smokng in roofless, open outdoor areas is pointless.

If Smokers and Non-Smokers are going to get along, there's going to have to be 'some' compromise.

Let Smokers smoke in roofless areas. Under the open sky. There is no reason to ban smoking in open outdoor areas like parks and golf courses, because no one is being exposed against their will to Secondhand Smoke. Like I said, I don't like smoke. But I don't believe in restricting freedom when no one is being harmed by the activity in question.

I think allowing smoking in parks and golf courses is a great alternative to allowing people to smoke in building hallways and restaurants. It only makes sense.

By: furious

furious — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:32:32 +0000

Soon us lovers of the leaf are going to be completely restricted to our backyards only. And then perhaps our dwellings. And then in covert, underground, and illegal smoking dens akin to speakeasys from Prohibition. What a sad state of affairs in the land of the free.