There are many civil issues that come and go through each voting season, but maybe none as big and as controversial as the columbus anti-smoking bill which took effect febuary of 2005. this issue was as large as it was because it was fueled by two sides that felt very strongly for their own opinion on the issue. with key points and valid arugments for and against the banning, it all added up to a huge battle that smokers, non-smokers, buisness owners, corporations, and special interest groups where left to fight out. Smoking in a whole is far from a new issue. for years now smokers have been forced into dim bars and small smokers sections to get there fix, and non-smokers have been objected to their second hand smoke feeling over-looked and violated. so when voters went into the polls on that cold winter day they had a tough desicion to make and a few hard hitting questions to ask themselves; Is it the right for non-smokers to breath clean air when in a restaurant relaxing, or is it the right of the smokers to relax and smoke a cigerette while in a place of buisness thats more important? Is it really the place of the government, no matter how many people are for or against it to force buisness owners to allow or not allow smokers to smoke in there place of buisness, or make any other major decision that could effect sales for that matter? And Do you see this issue leading to more and possibly bigger personal freedoms becoming extinct? depending on how you answer these questions your eaither for or against the smoking ban, and throughout this paper we'll look at both sides of the issue and the effects that they each would have on our community.
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