Tobacco Retailers Say Macon Going 'Smoke Free' Would Risk Local Jobs, Businesses

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Tobacco Retailers Say Macon Going 'Smoke Free' Would Risk Local Jobs, Businesses

 

[bubbadreier]

This was my comment on the article...

The use of verifiable stats and the backing of the IPCPR will help in this battle. I guess the concept of bans like this one causing job loss and loss of revenue is a hard one to grasp for most politicians.

 

[lyst36]

That better not creep up here to Atlanta.

 

[hilojohnny]

Unfortunately, it's creeping all over the USA and the "civilized" world.... :crying:

 

[marmal4de]

The civilized world is becoming more barbaric and less civilized everyday.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

They've been playing with this in Atlanta for several years now. It keeps popping up every now and then and the clubs and bars fight it off a bit, mentioning how much it would hurt business.
I've quietly and periodically been trying to find the ordinances in GA about smoking. Most of what I've found isn't concrete. I do know that in Gwinnett County, they is/was a law that you couldn't smoke within a certain distance to the face of a restaurant or business. I'll see what else I can find over this next week or so.

 

[unclearthur]

Digging through local ordinances will probably have you banging your head against a wall!

 

[lyst36]

^ Agreed. I work in a bar in the city of Atlanta and the laws we are aware of are kind of up in the air.

 

[unclearthur]

From what I have been able to find out, EVERY city that has imposed wide ranging smoking bans has damaged the food and beverage sector .

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

Where it really hurts the business is when they impose these laws upon the night life arena, but yes, I have to agree that in some way or another, business is hurt by it.
Example, around the Mall, there's a Starbucks that was ALWAYS full of people on the patio smoking cigars, pipes and coffin nails, talking with people and their own party...Don't see that happening anymore, and I can't say I've ever seen that location as busy as it used to be.