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Originally posted by WillowIX:
We have several non-smoking bars here in Toronto. Itīs not their policy, instead the visitors decided themselves that ir was proper respect towards other guests. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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My point exactly.
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My pet-peeve is smokers standing right outside the main hospital entry. Iīve even seen some people smoke outside the casualty department.  However I do believe all restaurants should be smoke free.
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Agreed all around. People who smoke in the casualty ward should be beaten by a very thick willow stick.
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But there are still several parents smoking when taking their childrean to the play grounds. 
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Well, let me bring up a further point based on this. Let us say that the playground is their back yard, and they are smoking w/ kids around. As a doctor, I am sure you get fed up with the idiots who keep bringing their sick kids in expecting you to fix them when what they really need to do is quit smoking around them. I know a pediatrician who gets really
about this. Now, he has a fair point. Is it fair enough for us to ban people from smoking in their homes around their kids? Certainly, that second-hand smoke around young children does us more total social harm (even creating asthmatics) than all the smoking in bars. So, isn't the next logical step banning smoking in certain homes?
[ 05-08-2003, 11:15 AM: Message edited by: Timber Loftis ]