Well it finally happenedFollow

But Aahnie vill shtill be aple to shmoke a zigar in his manshun, amirite?

Bloody ridiculous.

Smoking 2 cigarettes at once just to express my freedom from american oppression.

Much easier than chucking tea-chests into a river.

Despite the depth of the article, I couldn't get why they banned smoking in apartments.

The neighbours? The cleaning-lady? Global Warming?

Bastages.

If I were his teacher, I would write "clarity error" all over his paper.

On topic : I only smoke around the house once or twice a day (hooka , ice, milk or fruit base with generally fruit tobacco , all of the roommates gather around it at night to smoke a bowl or two to unwind) so this effects me very little. I see it as giving *** neighbors another means for petty grievance where they can have "the law" on their side.

Won't be long before that spreads.
In london, if you have a council property, which I do, and you get a workman round, they ASK you not to smoke 30 minutes before the visit. They haven't banned smoking at home (yet) but if you smoke while the workman is there, they can leave the premises with the job half finished.

And here I thought this thread was about Vinny Testaverde getting signed by the Panthers.

Ah, so it only applies if you're renting an apartment? Can't people jsut open the window? Also, is it ok to smoke if you own the place?

I realise you're not the sponsor of the bill, but you usually ahve the answers...



True, but it's all part of the same logic of protecting people who work from passive smoking on their work premise. If their "work premise" happens to be your house, it's normal that you shouldn't smoke before they come. Their right not to passive smoke at works, trumps your right to smoke.

But in the the US case, it's clearly nothing to do with people at work.

We are actually looking at homes for sale in Belmont.

Its not as expensive as you might think.

Millbrae, Burlingame, and some others are more expensive.

I don't care how many laws they make. What's the law now? You can only smoke in your apartment, under your blanket, with all the lights out? Is that the rule now? The cops are outside: "We know you have the cigarettes. Come out of the house with the cigarettes above your head." "You'll never get me, copper. I'm not comin' out, see! I've got a cigarette machine right here in my bedroom."

Oh, I agree. /shrug

sounds like time to leave CA and find a new place to live, one that is not a communist state run by the KGB

Yes, by all means. Move to Idaho and join a militia, cause that's not repressive at all.

Well, I'm a smoker, and this would suck for a lot of people, but frankly it's right. If I wasn't a smoker and my building reeked of cigarrettes it's almost equivalent to burning hazardous chemicals in your living room, which is quite illegal in most places.

I already smoke outside of my apartment due to the kids though, so to me it's not as big of an issue.

They banned smoking in bars here a long time ago and I was up in arms about it. After a month or so I found it was actually better, the bars didn't have that gross smog that clings to your face anymore. Now if I go to a place that has smoking inside (native owned establishments in certain areas still can) I find it rather disgusting and I can't bring myself to light a cigarette inside.

So I'm torn really, I don't think the government should be able to tell me what I can/can't do in my own home, but to me it's just common decency to not smoke in your apartment if it's bothering your neighbours.

Edited, Oct 11th 2007 4:03pm by Yodabunny