Next lets take a look at the arugments against the smoking ban and the organizations backing their cause. For starters the biggest part of this side of the issue is that this is not so much a customer issue as it is a buisnessowners issue. they feel that this ban is cutting into there rights as buisnessowners to run there resteraunt, bar, club ect., the way they want to. one bar owner had this to say about the issue. "Smoking helps my customers relax. I think the whole thing's pretty ignorant. I've got the required materials posted but I'm sitting here smoking a cigarette right now. It's
my business and when they begin to pay even part of my rent they can start telling me what I can do in here. It's cold outside. I'm not going to stand outside a place that I pay rent in, to smoke." this seems to be the consensus of all buisness owners around the area. there are a few organizations though, who are around to aid the voice of barowners like the one above, such as the Ohio Licensed Beverage Association and the Coalition for Consumer Choice, Who argue that the free market should decide the issue. in other words,they feel that people will spend their money in smoke-free environments if they choose and if enough people do so, more restaurants, bars, and other places of buisness will become smoke-free. Buying cigarettes is legal, so smoking them should be legal too.
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