Senate bill bans smoking in Texas bars and restaurants

[Racewerx]

This is good news. Fuck smoke!

[Raskal]

Smoking is already banned in dallas and a few other cities in texas, and at the time they banned it a lot of people were saying that this would be a death sentence to dallas bars and restaurants, but looking back on the last couple years I think it has actually improved it. everyone was worried at the time that places like addison would steel business away from dallas, but in the end I think dallas actually stole some of the non-smoker business away from places like addison. I use to go up to addison all the time, but it has been on a decline the last couple years.

seriously?? Dallas does not even have a decent bar scene anymore.

[Denny]

This is good news. Fuck smoke!

Here, here!!!

[SMEGMA STENCH]

When I go into a restaurant with a smoking section, I have to admit that I rarely smell the smoke from the smoking section. They always have those big things on the ceiling that do a pretty good job of siphoning it off before it wafts over to the other side. Plus you could set up the building in a way that makes it harder for smoke to travel over there. Bars are going to be another matter of course, but I never really had a problem with it in restaurants.

[Cannonball996]

seriously?? Dallas does not even have a decent bar scene anymore.

have you been to dallas lately? up town and down town have really come alive in the last couple years.

[Hmbre97]

LMAO @ the people crying about being around second hand smoke and the health effects, while going to a bar and destroying their liver.

Because lung problems and liver problems are 2 different things. If I decide to go to a bar and sit next to a guy with liver disease, his constant drinking has zero affect on me.

However, if I go to a bar and sit next to a lung cancer patient chain smoking Marlboro Red's, his choice to ruin his lungs could send me into an asthma attack. I should be able to go to any public place with no consequence or risk to my health UNLESS that establishment is meant for that purpose, like a cigar bar, etc.

[stevo]

Because lung problems and liver problems are 2 different things. If I decide to go to a bar and sit next to a guy with liver disease, his constant drinking has zero affect on me.

However, if I go to a bar and sit next to a lung cancer patient chain smoking Marlboro Red's, his choice to ruin his lungs could send me into an asthma attack. I should be able to go to any public place with no consequence or risk to my health UNLESS that establishment is meant for that purpose, like a cigar bar, etc.

Unless the bar specifically is a smoke free bar, it IS one of those kind of bars. And it should be up to the bar owner if he/she wants the bar to be smoke-free, not the state. If you want to go to a smoke-free bar, go to one, pretty damn simple.

Stevo

[Pro88LX]

Because lung problems and liver problems are 2 different things. If I decide to go to a bar and sit next to a guy with liver disease, his constant drinking has zero affect on me.

However, if I go to a bar and sit next to a lung cancer patient chain smoking Marlboro Red's, his choice to ruin his lungs could send me into an asthma attack. I should be able to go to any public place with no consequence or risk to my health UNLESS that establishment is meant for that purpose, like a cigar bar, etc.

I think you misread what i wrote. I meant the same people who are bitching about smoking in bars, go to the bar and fuck their own liver up. Its not like its a church or a family place lol its a BAR

[GSRGuy94]

Unless the bar specifically is a smoke free bar, it IS one of those kind of bars. And it should be up to the bar owner if he/she wants the bar to be smoke-free, not the state. If you want to go to a smoke-free bar, go to one, pretty damn simple.

Stevo

Hey look, something we agree on! I'm a smoker, and all the bars/restaurants that I go to (Lewisville/Denton) allow smoking. I CHOOSE to go to places that allow smoking, and they are all VERY busy. It would be just as easy for me to choose to go somewhere that didn't allow smoking. I really don't see why it is so hard for some people. If you really like going to one bar in particular, but you don't like smelling the smoke... guess what? You don't really like that bar.

[Snatch Napkin]

How about an extra tax on cigarettes with the sole intention of offsetting the costs of putting in better ventilation to handle the smoke in these bars?

<------Nonsmoker who wishes to own a pool hall that would allow smoking.

[GSRGuy94]

I don't think any *extra* tax is needed, just better use of the taxes that are already there.

[Snatch Napkin]

I don't think any *extra* tax is needed, just better use of the taxes that are already there.

That's actually less logical than my statement, in the eyes of the government.

[Denny]

That's actually less logical than my statement, in the eyes of the government.

LMAO!!! You used "logical" and "government" in the same sentence.

[slow99]

I sure hope you guys get this matter resolved quickly. There are other issues that need to be addressed, like whether or not pit bulls should be banned and how much one should tip the to-go guy.

[UserX]

I don't like hamburgers! They are high in cholesterol and I cannot stand the smell. I think they should be removed from every menu in the country!