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Smoking ban in Germany spurns crafty workarounds

by Grant Martin on Dec 21st 2007 at 2:00PM

Here in the United States we've had mixed results to smoking bans. In New York and Los Angeles, people are forced to smoke outside of bars and restaurants, although the smokers I've talked to tolerate it moderately well. Here in Michigan, the bar and restaurant lobby refuses to let go of the notion that people can still enjoy dinner and drinks without a cigarette -- so the various legislation in the works has been all but squashed. Eventually, I imagine they'll have to go outside and smoke too, even if it isn't this year.

If the Michigan lobbyists were smart though, they would let the bill pass and start a hole-in-the-wall building company. Like this poor guy in Germany, smokers in US could stick their arms and heads through "smoking points" in the walls, where all of their toxic breath could be exhaled into the atmosphere.

Or they could just be ridiculed by amateur bloggers here on Gadling.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Steve Hartwell Dec 24th 2007 1:57AM

Does not journalism at the very least entail a fiduciary duty to readers, listeners, watchers, to be given all the sides and facts and contrary opinions so that the public is as informed as possible to decide for themselves ?

When asked plainly, without reference to any specific story or issue, I believe most people would agree it does, regardless of what the story or issue is.

Then, I ask, why is the world's entire news mediae and journalists refusing to report all sides of the second hand tobacco smoke issue ?

Why is the entire global news industry refusing to inform the public that there are many researchers, scientists, even doctors and politicians, and millions of tax paying voters who do NOT believe the anti-smoking claims about second hand tobacco smoke ?

It's not like most journalists and news sources are not aware of that fact. They simply deliberately refuse to inform the public of it.

And, by not doing so, the news industry deliberately and knowingly violates it's Fiduciary Duty to the public.

Some day, there will be an accounting for this deliberate act of suppression of information.

Steve Hartwell
Toronto, Canada
www.reducedriskcigarettes.ca

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