Petition Against Public Smoking in City of Youngstown

[MOLOCH]

WOW - LUCKY FOR ME I DON'T GIVE A RAT'S ASS IF I BREAK THE LAW HUH 

[ytowner]

Too bad for them in 2006 the state will be voting on it and banning it. Did you guys hear how many petitions they got signed! WOW!

[Shar]

Don't you think that if bar owners did not want smoking in their bars, they would put a sign out front that said "No Smoking".  I don't personally know of any bar's that have had the owner ban smoking.  Looks like they want the smokers in their bars.

[MOLOCH]

Stupid on your part. ITS A KILLER AND ONLY HELPS BUSINESS..

  I AM CONFUSED - I THOUGHT WE WANTED TO HELP BUSINESSES SO THEY COME TO YOUNGSTOWN.  ALSO ALL THE TAX THAT IS ON A PACK OF SMOKES GOES TO PAY FOR SOMETHING USEFUL DOESN'T IT. SO IF PEOPLE SMOKE LESS CAUSE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED (SUPPOSE TO BE FREE COUNTRY HERE) THEN WHERE WILL THEY GET THE MONEY TO REPLACE WHAT IS LOST? PROBABLY RAISE CIG TAX AGAIN! NOW I COULD SEE NOT ALLOWING SMOKING IF CARS DID NOT HAVE FUMES AND FACTORIES DID NOT HAVE SMOKE POURING OUT OF THEIR STACKS - BUT THEY DO. THIS IS NOT ABOUT HEALTH IT IS ABOUT CONTROL -  VAMPIRE KILLER 2000 

[ytowner]

DOESNT MATTER FOLKS..

OHIO'S STATEWIDE BAN ON PUBLIC SMOKING WILL PASS WITH EASE!

So all this in stupid anyways.. I am sorry i began it!

[Shar]

I did google searches for both smoking ban in NY and smoking ban is CA.  I did not find anything that indicated that it had increased business.  I found a lot of articles said that initially there was a drop in business but that business had picked back up to where it had been previously.  I also found articles that showed that it had hurt business.  Nothing that said that it had helped business.

[Shar]

No comment on the rest of my statements?

[ytowner]

No shar. look at the stas. Cali's and NY's bar and resaurant business is up 20%.. You can google it for proof.

[Shar]

Who are these many people that are becoming sick.  I have not heard anything about them.  Do you have statistics on that statement?  How many nights a week do you sit in a bar in the City of Youngstown that this is a concern to you?  Maybe we should outlaw alchohol as well because one of the side effects of drinking is drunk drivers.  Last I heard. that can kill people.  My guess would be that a ban on smoking would hurt the bar business here in Youngstown just like it has hurt the bar business in California, New York and any other states that have banned smoking.

[ytowner]

Thank god the state wide ban on smoking will pass and then we will see Sharon and Farrel Grow..

Stupid on your part. ITS A KILLER AND ONLY HELPS BUSINESS..

[MOLOCH]

FIRST THEY ALLOW THE CIG COMPANIES TO PUT IN ADDICTIVE INGREDIENTS SO SMOKERS CAN NOT QUIT. IT IS EASIER TO QUIT HEROIN! THEN THE GOVERNMENT RAISES THE TAX SO SMOKERS PAY FOR EVERYONE! TAX SOMETHING EVERYONE USES - LIKE WATER OR FOOD! NOW YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO SMOKE THEM ANYWHERE. CIG SALES WILL DECLINE - SO WHAT - TAX THEM MORE TO MAKE UP THE MONEY LOSS! - SO THEN WE WILL HAVE A CITY THAT THE PEOPLE ARE GOING THREW NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL ARMED WITH GUNS - NOT A WAY TO LOWER CRIME. CONSIDERING THE BARS ARE ABOUT THE ONLY BUSINESSES LEFT IN YOUNGSTOWN - YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY ARE HERE - NOT TRYING TO DRIVE THEM AWAY - AND IF YOU GET SICK FROM THE SMOKERS IN THE CITY AND IT'S BARS - THEN THE EXHAUST FROM CARS MUST BOTHER YOU TOO. SHOULD WE GET HORSES AND BUGGIES? IF THEY BAN SMOKING IN YOUNGSTOWN THEN I  MUST ALSO INSIST ANY YOUNGSTOWN OPERATED FACTORIES HAVE FILTERS PUT ON THEIR SMOKESTACKS - THEIR SMOKE IS OFFENSIVE TO  ME!!!! 

[ytowner]

Many people are becoming sick due to smokers in the city and its bars; to make this area more profitable and encourage more growth; we ask you, city residents or surburb residents; to please sign this petition to send a message to Jay Williams the Day he takes office, this is an issue he must consider.

Please realize there will be a statewide smoking ban next year but we need; as a core in the Mahoning Valley; to muster up enough support citywide to assure the downtown area grows without smokers causing danger to all.

Please Sign the Petition Against Smoking in the City of Youngstown
After you sign it you will be directed to a page where you can send the petition to your friends; we encourage all to do that!

Thanks