http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/n/content/oh/index/news/local/news_poll.html


Please refer to the above link if you are a smoker who feels you have lost all rights to choose.

Please click this link or cut and paste it into your browser, you will see a news poll that states,” DO you agree with the smoking ban”. If you are a smoker who wants to restore some freedom of choice please select, “ no “ then submit it. You do not have to leave your name or comments.

There is a group of about 30 people who sit in front of a sponsored computer and vote every hour, they are against smoking so they vote yes, this is how the ban was put in place, by using deceptive tactics .

Since they are not playing by the rules we should respond using the same method.

You can vote as many times as possible, just once every hour, and for as many days as you want to.

Thanks for your help in restoring some form of freedom.

Also please tell as many people that smoke to vote. Thanks, a ton.

This certainly isn't intended to insult any one who doesn't smoke, but the leagues in this area are dropping very quickly, and the pro shops are loosing money because of it. I am disabled and do not smoke, but it never upset me bowling on leauge night where just about every one smoked.

I love this sport and I can't stand to see it slipping away because of a smoking ban. Compromise would be great. Open bowing or on weekends while kids and or families are bowling, no smoking. League nights when all the working class citizens are doing what they love, then let em smoke. My pro shop has gone under, how many others will suffer this fate?

Your help would not only be appreciated, it will help to perserve what we all come here for, to bowl.

Thanks, Mike aka Plane Facts

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To get somewhere you've never been able to go, you must do something you've never done.

A measure of success, to peruse your dream and watch it unfold.

wish we would have a smoke free bowling alley also

In MD, the ban affects businesses and forces everyone to go outside. With most place, I don't have a problem with this. My only problem is not allowing it inside if the establishment has a room specifically BUILT for smoking (ie, the special ventilation systems, completely closed off, etc) and aren't allowed to facilitate.

I understand people don't like the smell of it, its bothersome, the health effects and I completely agree my dumb habit shouldn't affect you. But if it's setup to a point that it doesn't, why impede my right to kill myself?

On a side note, People that work in bars that complain about second hand smoke should be smacked. I may be dumb for smoking, but if you don't smoke and don't like it, why would you CHOOSE a profession that keeps you around it. Thats like being a window washer when you are afraid of heights.
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First one to leave 15 ten pins wins!