Smoking ban in bars shot down
NOT TO BE BANNED: MI Senate snuffs out smoking ban in bars, restaurants
Efforts to ban smoking in Michigan bars, restaurants and other workplaces were snuffed out in the state Senate Tuesday.
Republicans who control the chamber sent smoking-ban legislation to a committee where bills traditionally go to die. In a rare move, Democrats tried to steer it to the Health Policy Committee instead because the panel’s Republican chairman supports the ban.
“This says we have a do-nothing Senate whose leadership does not want to deal with the smoking issue,” said Sen. Ray Basham, D-Taylor, a longtime smoking ban supporter.
From a philosophical standpoint, I don’t normally agree with government-mandated bans on smoking in private locations, even when it’s a private place open to the public. That being said, I am much more likely to have a positive experience in a place where smoking is not allowed.
I just think it should be up to the business owner.