We detest cigarettes: we hate the smell, it hurts our eyes. But if no-smoking bars are such a great idea, let owners make their bars non-smoking. They'll make a killing.
We're flabbergasted that this assault on private property rights has picked up such momentum. Hats off to Mike Ditka:
Using his customary colorful language, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka spoke out against a proposed city ordinance that would ban smoking in restaurants, bars, sports stadiums and train platforms.
Now the owner of a restaurant, Ditka attacked the proposal before a City Council hearing Tuesday as a "sham" that would cause restaurants and bars to lose customers.
"Gang, this is not a ... smoking ban. If it was a smoking ban, ban all smoking - everywhere. In the house, on the street. Get rid of it all. Let's be the cleanest city in the world," he said. "Let's start something completely different that nobody else ever did. Let's go get 'em. If you want to do it, do it right. But, don't (expletive) 'em."
If passed, the proposal would result in some of the toughest prohibitions in the nation - such as requiring smokers who gather outside offices to be at least 25 feet away from any enclosed area where smoking is banned.
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