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Powell Officials Approve Park Smoking Ban
Friday October 26, 2012 7:51 AM
POWELL, Ohio - There is now one less place smokers are allowed. Powell city council members voted to put in place a soft smoke ban on smoking within 15 feet of Powell playgrounds, under picnic shelters and near park bathrooms, according to ThisWeek Community Newspapers.
READ MORE: http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2012/10/26/powell-smoking-ban.html
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Unpaid Smoking Fines Rise To $2.6 Million
By: DENISE YOST | NBC4
Published: January 02, 2013
It has been six years since Ohio's smoking ban went into effect. But not everyone who gets caught breaking the law is paying up. Currently, there is more than $2 million in fines that are still owed to the state for smoking ban violations.
READ MORE: http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2013/jan/02/unpaid-smoking-fines-rise-26-million-ar-1297988/
Gil Ligg
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Smokers that believe they are entitled to smoke wherever they want are extremely obnoxious and inconsiderate.
I don't think a smoker would like it if I walked up to him/her and started peeing on them, but that is essentially what they are doing every time they blow their nasty smoke into the air of an indoor facility, except that cigarette smoke smells worse than piss and is more harmful to your health.
If smoking in a bar is that big of a deal to someone, then go to any hillbilly bar outside the city. They take pride in all their disgusting cigarette-filled shit holes.
lakeerietransplant
On the outskirts of Yuppieville (Weinland Park)
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Gil Ligg said:
Smokers that believe they are entitled to smoke wherever they want are extremely obnoxious and inconsiderate.I don't think a smoker would like it if I walked up to him/her and started peeing on them, but that is essentially what they are doing every time they blow their nasty smoke into the air of an indoor facility, except that cigarette smoke smells worse than piss and is more harmful to your health.
If smoking in a bar is that big of a deal to someone, then go to any hillbilly bar outside the city. They take pride in all their disgusting cigarette-filled shit holes.
Or don't go to that specific bar.
It was fine the way it was, but oh well. That fight has been fought and lost.
melikecheese
Merion Village
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I just want to say that the past few years of going to bars has been wonderful. It's amazing not to have to wash all my clothes because they smell like an ashtray just cause I went to the bar for an hour.
However a park smoking ban? I totally get inside locations, cause you just force everyone to sit in your filth, but outside? That's a bit much, it's not hard to move up wind if the smokers inconsiderate and blowing it on you.
But hey at least they can still roll up the car windows and bake in smoke while they drive 3 kids around!
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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I just want to say that the past few years of going to bars has been wonderful. It's amazing not to have to wash all my clothes because they smell like an ashtray just cause I went to the bar for an hour.
Yes! When I want to smell like smoke, I'll start by splitting wood.
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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Just to be clear, most of the uproar over the smoking ban didn't have anything to do with smokers' rights, it had to do with business and property owners' rights.
groundrules
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Coremodels said:
Just to be clear, most of the uproar over the smoking ban didn't have anything to do with smokers' rights, it had to do with business and property owners' rights.
oh man. for the sake of clarity, let's rehash 5 years worth of arguments. Again. I'm sure we'll... ahem... clear the air.
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown / Gay Street
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melikecheese said:
However a park smoking ban? I totally get inside locations, cause you just force everyone to sit in your filth, but outside? That's a bit much, it's not hard to move up wind if the smokers inconsiderate and blowing it on you.
I assumed it was more of a litter and/or fire prevention effort.
joev
Merion Village
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Coremodels said:
Just to be clear, most of the uproar over the smoking ban didn't have anything to do with smokers' rights, it had to do with business and property owners' rights.
And the rights of employees. I think it's one of the best changes Ohio has made in the past 10 years.
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Peeghaven
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The video from NBC contains some of the funniest visuals I've seen on the news in a LONG time.
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