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Smoke free weekend
I called the smoking tattle-tale hotline (1-866-559-OHIO) earlier today just to hear exactly what it was all about. To my surprise a living person answered the phone and I told him that I wanted to report an ill-legal smoker. I was asked for the perpetrators name and/or license plate number. I hung up the phone feeling secure that the state was ready to get all those dirty law-breaking smokers.
Last night (12/6) many bars around town had one final smoke-out. The Nite Owl, reportedly, set off fog machines to celebrate the end of the smoking era in Ohio. A few doors down on 5th street, the Dublin Pub was handing out hand-rolled cigars for customers to light up before midnight.
This weekend will be the first indication of how the smoking ban will affect attendance at local music shows. Maybe more people, knowing they will not have to deal with smoke, will come to bars to watch bands perform. Maybe not.
What do you think about the smoking ban? Click the comments and let me know.
Here are some shows to check out (smoke-free) this weekend.
Friday - Doug Hart at the Oregon Express/ The Smoking Stones at J. Alans/ Shatterstone at The Nite Owl/ Jah Roots at Peach’s/ Garnet Rodgers at Canal Street Tavern.
Saturday - Mona, The Bull and The Bear, Orange Willard at Canal Street Tavern/ Gem City Rockers, Northwest Ordinance at Oregon Express/ Tracey Walker, Jayne Saches at Peach’s/ Danny Voris Project at The Trolley Stop
What show(s) should people go to this weekend? Click the comments and let me know.
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By brian
December 19, 2006 7:20 PM | Link to this
Why do socialists feel like they need to impose their wishes on private businesses? You know, private property rights, US Constitution, liberty…little things like that.By Blizzy
December 12, 2006 8:59 PM | Link to this
It should be up to a bar/venue owner to choose if they wish to make their buisness smoke free or not. Bars are known for smoking. If you play music in bars like I do, and you dont smoke, Then tough! or better yet deal with it or find other means to provide you a income.By BH
December 12, 2006 1:09 AM | Link to this
Why do smokers think they have a right to hurt the health of non-smokers? It’s a very selfish act. Designated areas are fine with me. But if they can’t do that, then banning it completely won’t hurt my feelings! Smokers should think about others, not just themselves. As a musician, I have to play in bars a few times a week to make some money. Why should I also suffer for that? I haven’t found a smoker that actually is “kind” with their smoking and actually tries to AVOID blowing it your way. It’s all about THEM. They don’t think they are doing wrong, but really they are!By Jeff
December 10, 2006 7:01 PM | Link to this
I feel this is just the next step in creating socialized heath care. First, it seatbelts. Now smoking. Trans-fats are out in New York. Alcohol is next. Be careful what you wish for.By John
December 10, 2006 12:18 PM | Link to this
This would have NEVER been an issue if clubs and bars would properly VENTALATE the smoke out of the building. Smoke eaters only work if you maintain them, ie: clean/replace the filters and run them all the time. Better yet install a fan large enough to clear the room in 3-5 minutes, then put it on a timer and run it once an hour. Done!By Cole
December 9, 2006 6:00 PM | Link to this
After whitnessing the local nightlife firsthand, the smoking ban is having a negative impact right out of the gates. The atmosphere of once lively and jovial establishments has given way to stodgy and bland watering holes. Also, noticably, the lack of cigarette smoke failed to suppress the other funky odors of stale beer and grease. The brave few who toughed out the arctic conditions for a smoke cursed this and rightfully so; prior to the ban you knew what you were getting in to by going to basically any bar. Now all we have are lifeless bulidings full of stagnant heath zealots. I will not be going back anytime soon.By Jobe
December 9, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this
What smokers still don’t seem to get is that their smoke affects everyone else—not just them. No one is trying to “manipulte [their] life,” rather the public has clearly stated that it is tired of smokers dictating the lives of non-smokers by forcing non-smokers to breath their smoke in public environments. I lost 1/2 a lung to cancer when I was 8 and I’ve spent the last 23 years breathing smoke that others have forced me to inhale in clubs, bars, at the bus stop, etc.By mike
December 9, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
if they want to start to ban smoking in a way to help better a healthy ohio then maybe they should tell all the fast food places to serve real meat. Or at best give all the over weight people in the state a free gym membership base that decision on the national average weight for people. teach all the mother’s who dont cook the skills to make sure their kids eat a properly prepared mealBy Carol Jackson
December 9, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this
I think this law should’t taken place so quickly. All the reqirements and regulations not in order . This will just confuse people more. It will cause unsafe conditions at workplaces. Smokers due have rights. They our citizens . They pay taxes,and should have designated areas .By 2nd Class
December 9, 2006 8:42 AM | Link to this
If a business wants to go smoke free, that’s fine; i.e. Appleby’s in Hamilton, but i still go there. The bar area is almost always empty. That meens there drink sales are less. That meens there drinks prices go up. That’s called business. But i loath contolling groups of poeple trying to get legislation passed to manipulate my life. What’s next?