Smoking in restaurants, airport may soon be banned in Atlanta

[Whispers]

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/smoking-in-restaurants-airport-may-soon-be-banned-in-atlanta/961799213

 

 

 

Wow, its been over 25 years that you cant smoke in restaurants and bars out here.  About time they did this

[Boo]

The Atlanta City Council is late to the party on this one.  Every restaurant and bar I can think of in the A-T-L has been smoke-free for years.  Some had outdoor areas where smoking was permitted, but it's been years since any of those places had a smoking area inside the establishment.

 

Bars and restaurants had to make a business decision.  With smoking on a dramatic decline, going smoke-free was the right choice.

[jillar]

Yea smoking in any establishment here, except the Indian casinos, has been banned for years. I thought I would hate not being able to smoke in bars when it first took effect but I was surprisingly glad they did. I never was one to smoke in restaurants so I was really happy to see that banned

 

[Whispers]

Every year i goto see the Falcons play at least 1x, i havnt seen a bar you can smoke in by that area but this news i was like Wow. They have underground bars in NY that allow it but on the DL.

[Boo]

16 minutes ago, Whispers said:

Every year i goto see the Falcons play at least 1x, i havnt seen a bar you can smoke in by that area but this news i was like Wow. They have underground bars in NY that allow it but on the DL.

 

The only place I have been in Atlanta that may still have a smoking section is a billiards club that has a walk-in humidor and sells cigars.  Even that joint had clearly defined smoking and non-smoking areas.

 

Even most of the strip clubs in Atlanta went smoke-free several years ago.  And no...it's not important how I know that.

[Christian99]

For the sake of consistency, I'd love to see challenges to this (obviously smart and beneficial) policy by the folks on this site who love to claim that ALL limits to freedom (and the commercial tobacco industry/lobby has done a masterful job of convincing people that smoking is a form of freedom) are somehow dangerous and un-american.  

 

Way to go Atlanta.  

 

Christian99

17 1/2 Years Quit   

[Sazerac]

One cannot legislate addiction. 

Addiction remains addiction,

 

Wanna talk about caffeine ?

I have managed to give up all the 'eines' available.

Gives me a shit load of compassion.

 

I believe in information and personal choice...

and

have as much fun as you can in this mean old, cruel, old world.

S

[notsmokinjo]

So (and this applies to vaping too where you see a (V)) all these are over a decade old, some over 2.....these are law...with on the spot fines...and @garry mhudson    ya see (L) they were tested in court and the laws were upheld. (Victoria, Australia)

 

1. (L) ... Littering with an unlit butt ...$345

2. (L) Littering with a lit butt ....$500

** $650 on any but from a vehicle window (car)....and anyone can go to the website to do you in and there less than 1% successful challenge rate. Oh and if ya do it on a total fire ban day, triple the fine. 

3. (V & L)... Smoking in a vehicle with a passenger 16 years or younger....if a passenger in the car is smoking/vaping then both the passenger and the driver get fined. If 2 passengers are smoking the driver gets a fine for each of them. Currently $350 a pop.

*Don't forget it's illegal to sell vapes in Aus with nicotine, it's illegal to advertise, illegal to sell to U18, individuals can import 6weeks nicotine supplies from overseas.

4. (V) ... $500 fine for within 10m of a school fence....even on a non school day

5. (V, L) ... $500 fine within 10m of an U18 sporting event or kids park (playground)

6. (V,L) .... $250, for within 5m of the door of any public building, in an alfresco dining area/beer garden, 10m of any government buildings door (hospitals, etc), train stations, bus stops.

 

We might live our lives upside down....but maybe it ain't such a wrong way to be...and then again considering we are just a glorified former prison, maybe we are just not used to civil liberties

 

 

Edited June 29, 2019 by notsmokinjo