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Respect Freedom, Respect the Smoking Ban 

DAILY LIFE
Jump to full article: Iceland Review (is), 2008-02-08
Author: ESA - eyglo@icelandreview.com

Intro:

Bar owners can whine about losing customers and having their rights deprived by the smoking ban as much as they like, but by not respecting my freedom as a non-smoker they have lost me as a customer. I will not set my foot inside any pub, bar or nightclub which permits smoking indoors until they decide to comply with the law. I urge everyone who respects the freedom of others to boycott these places too.

Apparently bar owners think the smoking ban is vague in terms of how to punish those who are in breach of it, but as it turns out, they can be deprived of their operating license. And if they don't come to their senses soon, I hope they will.

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