Smoking Ban Ignites Arguments

This article gives a breakdown of my views on the smoking ban, including "the good, the bad and the ugly."

The Good

Here are some good things that have been produced by the prohibitions:

Decreased heart attack presence. It is an absolutely incredible! Heart attacks have long been associated with e-cigarette reviews smoke, as the chemicals in reducing the smoke out veins and arteries in the body, burdening the heart. Coagulation is also a cause of heart attack is often directly attributable to smoking. Research at the University of California found that after only one year with a ban in force, heart attack rates were 17% lower than usual! Individual cities from the University of California studied more dramatic results - Helena, Montana has seen reduced heart attack rates by half after 6 months of the smoking ban!
Healthy Workplace. Some believe that working in a smoky environment for a long period of time, your life expectancy by 10 years lower! This is because the same risks that come with smoking and for second-hand smoke. Eight hour shift in can a workplace filled with smoke non-stop source to passive smoking So now you can play your favorite bartender or server expect to live longer with a reduced risk of developing cancer, COPD, - smoke a smoke-free environment is similar chain for all those hours. stroke or heart attack. (But then again, if they work in a smoky environment, first and avoid the smoke may not be high on their list that you do not have to accept that no one has done the work to select the Low -. There are many smoke-free calls and other career out there!)
Restaurants and bars healthy. No one at home overnight from a clothing, a smell of smoke! Now your favorite restaurants and nightclubs are a healthy place to spend a few hours. Many companies say the number of customers increased since the smoking ban - this means that all Non smoking remain at home is now a good reason to go out and have fun. Smoke-free restaurants are much better for their younger customers - because children are more at risk from cigarette smoke because of their small lung development.
VFW and Elks Clubs in member countries boost. The few private clubs that allow smoking are currently in high demand. Some organizations such as VFW Posts and Elk clubs that are used in rare numbers are now booming with new members (as they are exempt from the ban. For many clubs that have banned smoking funds are so tight that they were forced to leave their donations to give up or be closed completely because of this).
More dropouts. In some places, the ban on new efforts to stop smoking completely will be asked to do so. New York City reported that adult smoking by 19% - which is in 240,000 fewer smokers in the population of New York. (Unfortunately, the flip side of this statistic, that other regions have an increase in smoking among men in the working class since the ban reported.) Elimination of smoking in public places should technically contribute to the fight Quit smoking. This is partly because of the way that nicotine new son of your brain. The more nicotine that enters your body develop more nicotine receptors in the brain to absorb the chemicals. Brain smokers have more billions of receptors from a non-smoker. In a place where you can smell smoke or see someone smoking in other enough on the receptors that cause the craving for nicotine happen. The smoking ban reduced the number of times a "quitter" is to be reminded of craving for nicotine receptors overnight, making it easier to quit.

The Bad
Here are some negative consequences of smoking are prohibited:

Bars and restaurants facing bankruptcy. It seems that in many areas of the country where the smoking ban has called for such a tribute to their close business owners their doors for good. Some states, like Delaware (40% decline in profits) had entered a substantial loss in income since the smoking ban in force. In combination with the economic downturn of recent months, the results are disastrous. For entrepreneurs, closing a business down is a nightmare scenario - and for the employees that their work means the balance sheet. Clubs such messages VFW and Elk clubs that may have listed in the "good" category above as well in the "Bad" category includes all of the smoking ban applies to them. These organizations were once known for their donations to charity to the community - but now they are earning money events such as bingo draw more viewers. Now they are striving to open their doors.
Loss of jobs. Of course, that the companies were hard hit by the smoking ban, the source is lost jobs. These small bars and nightclubs could have been thriving until they said that smoking was forbidden to their customers. For many owners, their business was their livelihood - and lose their business processes is a financial disaster for them. The employees also have reason to worry. In general, buy bartenders, waiters and waitresses are very little money because most of their income comes from tips. The loss of smoking customers means that they receive less advice, and to pay their bills so that more and more difficult each month to be.
The erosion of personal rights and ownership. Many people (smokers and Non smoking together) See, the government imposed a ban on smoking in public places like a dangerous position. Was it appropriate for the government to ban the use of a legal product on private property? (That is any property which a private citizen belongs. Private citizens are people who are not holders of public office ... which means that most of us). They see this as a violation of the public - and that the future bring more of these conditions, the control over personal and public affairs. What's next? A ban on fat, fast food or a country-wide ban on ice cream? Obesity is the fastest growing cause of preventable death and disease in the U.S., so this is just the next logical step towards better health. How would you feel if the government began regulating the meal was allowed to use a restaurant - or what food you could eat in your own home?
"The Quitters". Yes, I know - I mentioned the "task" as a "good" result of the smoking ban, but it could just as easily as "Bad" are classified. For the average smoker burns up to 200 calories more per day because of their habit. Moreover, since nicotine is an appetite suppressant, they are generally less hungry throughout the day. If someone is smoking is the most common way to cope with the withdrawal stops to eat. Once buds of their ability to quit after smoking taste to recover, food will taste better and be even more irresistible. The average quitter wins over 10 to 20 pounds - but over 10% of all quitters experience 30 or more pounds weight gain. This means that the 240,000 people that rely on smoking in New York because of the ban, 24,000 of them, the ranks of those who are risk of obesity to join. Here's the ironic part is that many of the same tobacco-related diseases with obesity (heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, cancer, asthma, depression, etc.) is assigned.

The Ugly
Here are some very strange facts about the smoking ban:

More Drunk Driving deaths. No one wants to die in a hospital bed as a result of inhalation of tobacco smoke. How it would be crushed on the road by a smoker while intoxicated? Strangely, the smoking ban takes your risk of dying in a car accident. A study at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee conducted comparing the number of drunken driving deaths in areas where the smoking ban in regard to areas where smoking was still permitted. The results were surprising and show that smoking drive ready, more and more only to find are at a bar where you can enjoy the light and a few drinks. Before the ban took effect, was a smoker, go to the tavern. Now take the road and go to a neighboring county or state that smoking is allowed in public. The reasons for the additional danger is twofold: to drive and then have time to visit. This means that there are more drunk drivers on the road dodging the territory of the smoking ban in areas that are not friendly. It just seems as if the smoke does not kill you, one way, he will kill you otherwise.
Electronic Cigarette manufacturers develop "healthy" cigarettes. Huh? Cigarettes healthy? The cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco is hard at work developing new cigarettes less toxic. There were sounds crazy, but the truth is to reduce the toxins in their new cigarettes by almost 90% compared to conventional cigarettes. To test their product, they provided a room full of smoke, to blow on new cigarette. Then they tested subjects biomarkers in saliva and urine samples and compared the levels of regular smoking and Non smoking. So get cigarettes a healthy makeover in the image, in the future? British American Tobacco would like to think so.
Sources each day, the same toxins. If you miss the cigarette smoke, which is then included with other sources of pollutants in cigarettes. You may be more exposed to these chemicals than you think! The bacon, or shrimp on the grill or the gas station - these are some sources of the pollutants that are the same as contained in cigarettes. Cook bacon filled the house with volatile nitrosamines, the same as that contained in cigarette smoke. Eat barbecue food contact polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the smoke. Standing at the gas station to fill up your car - or fill the mower with petrol - can easily fill your lungs with a high dose of benzene, which in gasoline vapors in the time and cigarette smoke. These are just some examples of other toxic situations, you take every day. A smoking ban has really lives safer? I think so - as long as you do not drive car or a gasoline vehicle without your favorite bacon and place the night barbecue.

Was putting a government ban the only option?
Whether you are a smoker or not, it seems that there are other opportunities to do it the prohibition of all.

If the government wants a nation of non-smokers, perhaps the solution would be to impose higher taxes on cigarettes - or make it completely illegal. No - they could not because the tobacco giants paid heavily in political contributions and has a very powerful lobby. Moreover, if the cigarettes were manufactured illegally, the loss of tax revenue for the government would breathtaking.
Perhaps the solution to create the separation of smokers and nonsmokers is pro-smoking and anti-smoking bars? It seems extreme, but it would certainly give customers and employees more options. We do not need laws for this option - just the thought of the progressive bar owner.
Another plausible solution would be to quit smoking hours after the dinner rush - where most people quit smoking at the bar for a drink and a cigarette. Advantages: keep children away from the most severe levels of smoke. Cons: If the company do something to the air between the hours of the night to smoke the time to clean the audience on the day, we could say that a lot of smoke in the air.
In improving the air in the bars? This seems to be the easiest solution. The challenge is that the most important technology Eaters were in the industry of smoke Electrostatic Smoke. See, companies offering these machines to bar owners and wishes of the companies do not want to do spend money on filters to play. So they created electronic Smoke Eaters who have no filter. But the problem is really solved? Hardly ... Electronic smoke eater needs cleaning time and messy. If electronic Smoke Eaters not maintained properly, the efficiency drops considerably. This essentially means they stop working. On the basis of poor maintenance and even worse performance - Industry bar and the restaurant had the wrong impression that the smoke eaters do not. Therefore, they were trying to solve the problem completely. While some companies have attempted to filter smoke eater-based, they would have been a workable solution. Maybe if it does, the bar owners who have solved their own problems and the government could have remained out of him. Of course, no smoke evacuation is perfect, but a HEPA filter is based smoke eaters, who also has an activated carbon filter for gases, fumes and odors and a prefilter for the heavy particles can be really done a good job. The key is enough power to have the air filter - needs a whole room to carry the smoke eaters 10-12 one hour, filter, and then you can really make a significant difference in the quality of the air.