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Jump to full article: San Antonio (TX) Express-News, 2003-05-27
Intro: Mayor Ed Garza's proposed smoking ban tramples all over personal property rights. This is not a health issue like he and the anti-smoking crowd would have us believe...
Every smoker should have the right to kill himself, but it should not be the smoker's right to make other people uncomfortable by making them breathe the foul odor from their cigarettes...
Why stop with smoking? I have a list the mayor may want to consider to make our city safe and ethical...
I have been on temporary duty in New York City and have watched its smoking ban take effect. I now hear this same madness is loose in San Antonio...
The restaurant and hotel associations seem to be running scared and willing to trade health for the almighty buck. But more than that, they do not have any factual basis for believing business will suffer under a smoking ban...
When I opened my club more than 16 years ago, I was required to post a sign saying, "This establishment does not have a non-smoking section." From there, the option is up to you: Enter or not. It's that simple...
Where do we stop controlling another's life? Personally, I am against smoking and excess use of alcohol just like I oppose speeding.
As a business/restaurant owner, you can control what you offer the public, but how can you enforce a ban on smoking in a public restroom or 25 feet from a no-smoking zone?...
I would much rather sit next to someone smoking than someone with yelling, rowdy kids...
...I hope the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District is able to tell the tobacco story in such a way that there is no confusion about secondhand smoke. Laws should be so strong that a person smoking in public can be arrested...
Someone please tell me that Mayor Ed Garza has something better to do than outlaw smoking in nightclubs!
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