I am in total agreement with the ban.  While smokers have made it their personal choice to smoke and inhale the smoke into their lungs and deal with whatever health concerns may arise from it, non-smokers should not be subject to it.  Smokers can smoke at home, in their cars and outdoors but to subject those, who have made the choice not to smoke, to something that could have a negative impact on their health is not right.  I visit Cleveland, OH often and the ban was put in place there...I don't know maybe a few years ago now, and it is refreshing to go into an establishment (whether that be a club, bar, eatery) and not come out with hair, clothes and sometimes skin smelling of smoke.   

Many companies and office complexes in MI have banned smoking on their premises, even in their parking lots...i.e. Blue Cross Blue Shield and Blue Care Network & several office complexes in Southfield, so I think it is just a matter of time before the state passes the bill.  You can drive down Civic Center Road in Southfield (BCN) or Eleven Mile Road (BCBS) anytime during the work week and see people walking down the street away from the premises smoking.

I have nothing personal against those who chose to smoke, that is their personal choice.  However when it can possibly effect my health and the health of others who have chosen not to...I am all for a ban that would eliminate smoking in bars and resturaunts. 

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for your health.  But why does the Government have to stick their nose in every single damn thing nowadays?  Is there nothing they can't stay out of?  With the way that everything is going to "hell in a hand basket", we smokers shouldn't be forced to do anything we clearly don't want to do.  Banning smoking in restaurants is bad enough, but to ban smoking in a bar is pure stupidity!  Does anyone out there remember the book "1984", by George Orwell?  If you haven't read it yet, maybe you should!  Our "great government" is heading this same exact way!  What a shame!  Wake up people, and recognize the signs before it's too late!  DUH!

Despite being a smoker, I agree with the ban in RESTURANTS.  Bar and club owners would disagree...at least to some extent. Having people constantly walking in and out because they cant smoke will cause major problems.  Not to mention people may just stop going altogether...do we really need more businesses in michigan going belly up???

I wrote in favor of the Ban on Smoking in bars and resturants in Michigan, on June 11, 2008. Because we enjoy so much being able to sit after dinner just to talk rather than leave to avoid enduring the smoky atomoshere in  Arizona. Yes, Arizona has a No Smoking Ban and I want to report :SURVEYS LAST WEEK STATED THAT MAJORITY OF OWNERS OF RESTURANTS AND BARS REPORT NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN AMOUNT OF PATRONS IN THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS SINCE THE BAN WENT INTO EFFECT ABOUT 1 1/2 YEAR AGO.  No significant amount of lost income...This has been in the newspapers in Arizona multiple times over the last week.

So wake up and save some lives Michigan. Everyone needs to take a stand...I am currently fighting Cancer for the second time and I have never smoked.... Give those of us a chance to breathe decent air so we may enjoy  some life free of your smoke. If you want to died from smoking, That is your choice but for us who struggle to do a healthy life, Please help us from enduring your poison.

Thanks or listening...

Ciboney97

 

So let me get this straight.  It's OK for the legislature to add HUGE taxes on alcohol and tobacco.  Yet, you want to ban smoking in public places.  I am a smoker and already go outside of my office to smoke.  I have no problem with that.  When I go to a restaurant, I am courteous enough to go outside if I want to smoke.

Let's look at the taxes that I pay compared to someone who doesn't smoke (or drink).  Where is the fairness?  The Government can't balance the budget and I pick up the slack.  Let's tax all of the non-smokers and non-drinkers and make it a fair playing field.

Taxation without representation was a reason for the Boston Tea Party, a founding event in American History.

If you want to ban smoking, ban the taxes as well.  Let the government take some basic economic classes and get their heads out of the sand.  Let's look at their paychecks and retirement packages and see where we can cut back.

We can have public restaurants that have a huge sign outfront, SMOKING PERMITTED!  Or restaurants who don't want smokers in their restaurants, can post a huge sign THIS IS A SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT!  I'm for the smoke-free environment.  A person from work wanted a ride home the other day and I agreed to take her home.  When she got out of my vehicle, it reeked of stale smoke!  The next morning, my vehicle was still smelling of stale smoke!  Never again, she can walk!